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peg 1. Informal a person's leg 2. Northern English dialect a tooth 3. Brit a small drink of wine or spirits, esp of brandy or whisky and soda 4. a mountaineering piton 5. Croquet a post that a player's ball must strike to win the game 6. Angling a fishing station allotted to an angler in a competition, marked by a peg in the ground How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Whin I was about three-quarters av a mile off the rest-camp, powtherin' along fit to burrst, I heard the noise av the men, an', on my sowl, Sorr, I cud catch the voice av Peg Barney bellowin' like a bison wid the belly-ache. At the end of two yards,' she said, putting in a peg to mark the distance, 'I shall give you your directions--have another biscuit? It was in this locality that Peg Bowen lived, and our way lay near her house though not directly in sight of it. |
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