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Turtle peg   Listen
noun
Turtle peg  n.  A sharp steel spear attached to a cord, used in taking sea turtles.






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"Turtle peg" Quotes from Famous Books



... Fresh breezes at South-East and East-South-East. Employ'd as Yesterday. A.M., the weather would not permit us to Sail; sent the Turtlers out again. In opening of one to-day we found sticking thro' both Shoulder bones a wood Harpoon, or Turtle Peg, 15 Inches long, bearded at the end, such as we have seen among the Natives; this proves to a Demonstration that they strike Turtle, I suppose at the Time they come ashore to lay their Eggs, for they certainly have no boat fit to do this at Sea, or that will carry a Turtle, and this Harpoon ...
— Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World • James Cook



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