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mumblety peg

noun
/ˈmʌmb(ə)ltiˌpɛɡ/UK

Etymology

Originally from mumble + the + peg.

  1. derived from *bak-✻
  2. derived from *pig-✻
  3. derived from *pigg-✻
  4. derived from pegge
  5. inherited from pegge
  6. compounded as mumblety peg — “mumble + the + peg”

Definitions

  1. Any of several forms of a game in which a jack-knife is thrown so that it sticks into the…

    Any of several forms of a game in which a jack-knife is thrown so that it sticks into the ground close to the player's feet.

    • Others played mumbletypeg with rusty stolen jackknives, or simply drowsed in the sunlight, waking now and then to exchange their sorry belongings […].
    • Bailey played mumbledypeg with the older boys around the chinaberry tree […]

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