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# {{lb|en|cribbage}} To move one's [[peg]] to the last position on the [[pegboard]], and thus [[win]]. {{defdate|from 19th c.}} |
# {{lb|en|cribbage}} To move one's [[peg]] to the last position on the [[pegboard]], and thus [[win]]. {{defdate|from 19th c.}} |
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# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[hang up]] (washing) using [[peg]]s. {{defdate|from 20th c.}} |
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[hang up]] (washing) using [[peg]]s. {{defdate|from 20th c.}} |
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Revision as of 22:33, 2 October 2022
English
Verb
peg out (third-person singular simple present pegs out, present participle pegging out, simple past and past participle pegged out)
- (transitive) To mark (a territory or area) with pegs. [from 19th c.]
- (slang, intransitive) To die. [from 19th c.]
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 64:
- I don't know what they went to ask her for; but Percy and Harold didn't peg out.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 64:
- (croquet, intransitive) To finish a game of croquet. [from 19th c.]
- (cribbage) To move one's peg to the last position on the pegboard, and thus win. [from 19th c.]
- (transitive) To hang up (washing) using pegs. [from 20th c.]
Translations
Mark a territory with pegs
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To die
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