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Peg   /pɛg/   Listen
Peg

noun
1.
A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.  Synonym: nog.
2.
Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc..  Synonym: pin.
3.
Informal terms for the leg.  Synonyms: pin, stick.
4.
A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.  Synonyms: leg, pegleg, wooden leg.
5.
Regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument.
6.
A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.  Synonyms: oarlock, pin, rowlock, thole, tholepin.
verb
(past & past part. pegged; pres. part. pegging)
1.
Succeed in obtaining a position.  Synonyms: nail, nail down.
2.
Pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into.
3.
Fasten or secure with a wooden pin.  Synonym: peg down.
4.
Stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations.



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"Peg" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Bobolink Troop spend their summer on the shores of Lake Hocomo. Their discovery of Peg, the mysterious rider, and the clearing up of her remarkable adventures ...
— Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest - Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies • Alice B. Emerson
... evening to the average man on account of HIM. He did not, however, notice it; nor did her absence interfere with his now healthy appetite; he finished his meal, and only when he rose to take his hat from the peg above him did he glance around the room. Their eyes met again. As he passed out, although it was dark, he put on his hat a ...
— A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories • Bret Harte
... the room had been sealed up with planks, over which sheet iron was nailed. The door also had been reinforced with sheet-iron. From a peg above it a repeating-rifle hung festooned with ...
— A Young Man in a Hurry - and Other Short Stories • Robert W. Chambers
... all right, now you've mentioned it, Hugh," chuckled the other. "It's so easy to grip a thing after some one has shown you how. Remember those envious Spanish courtiers who tried to take Columbus down a peg by saying it was a simple thing to discover America, since all you had to do was to set sail, and heading into the west keep going on till you bumped up against the islands that at that time they thought were the East ...
— The Chums of Scranton High - Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight • Donald Ferguson
... There was not a trace of moisture in his eyes, but the uncannily aged face seemed older than before. He went over to a peg where his clothes were hanging and took down the frayed garment that answered as an overcoat. From the bunk there came another cough, quickly muffled; but he did not turn. Cap followed coat, mittens cap; then, suddenly remembering, he turned to the stove ...
— Ben Blair - The Story of a Plainsman • Will Lillibridge


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