peg : Idioms & Phrases

• noun wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline
  clothes pin; clothespin.
  

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• noun a game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground
  mumble-the-peg.
  

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• noun a game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground
  mumble-the-peg.
  

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• (Anat.), the anterior process of the centrum of the second vertebra, or axis, in birds and mammals. See Axis.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock
  ready-to-wear; off-the-shelf; off-the-rack.
  
  • a ready-made jacket
  • ready-to-wear clothes

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• verb work doggedly or persistently
  keep one's shoulder to the wheel; slog; plug away; keep one's nose to the grindstone.
  
  • She keeps plugging away at her dissertation

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• verb fasten or secure with a wooden pin
  peg.
  
  • peg a tent
• verb define clearly
  nail down; pin down; narrow down; narrow; specify.
  
  • I cannot narrow down the rules for this game

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• a ladder with but one standard, into which cross pieces are inserted.

Webster 1913

• an ancient tankard marked with pegs, so as divide the liquor into equal portions. "Drink down to your peg." Longfellow.

Webster 1913

• . See Fleam tooth under Fleam.

Webster 1913

• noun a pear-shaped top made of wood with a metal center pin
  

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• a boy's top which is spun by throwing it.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite fastened by pegs
  
  • the pegged-down branches of the plant will take root

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• . (Weaving) See Picker, n., 3.

Webster 1913

• a small screw without a head, for fastening soles.

Webster 1913

• noun a peg driven into the ground to hold a rope supporting a tent
  

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