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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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| Our boy has a rival, but he's also got the devil - here called Pegleg - in his corner. Like so many iridescent scarves from a magician's hat, a cast of 11 actors is pulled out one at a time from the black box by Pegleg (Dominique Horwitz), an unctuous master of ceremonies. The word "piracy" evokes images of peglegs, the 'black spot,' buried treasure and Long John Silver. |
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