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Definition of Pegleg
1. Noun. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pegleg
Literary usage of Pegleg
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rangers and Sovereignty by Dan W. Roberts (1914)
"pegleg Stage Robbing—1880 There was a stage station, on the San Saba River, on
the Fort Mason and Fort McKavett road, the distance being about 80 miles, ..."
2. Desert Dancing: Exploring the Land, the People, the Legends of the by Len Wilcox (2000)
"The Legend of pegleg Smith The desert has always attracted some oddball characters.
The legend of pegleg Smith involves at least three of them and spans two ..."
3. Breaking the Wilderness: The Story of the Conquest of the Far West, from the by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1905)
"1827, Santa Fe to San Diego—Becknell and the Santa Fe Trail—Wheel Tracks in the
Wilderness—The Knight in Buckskin Dies—pegleg Smith the Horse Trader—The ..."
4. Reminiscences of a Ranger: Or, Early Times in Southern California by Horace Bell (1881)
"... Vote for Waldo—Quite a Skirmish—Alcalde Brown—Mormon Justice—pegleg Smith—His
Camp in the Rocky Mountains—He Goes to the Spanish Country for Horses—Haid ..."
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