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Definition of Pegged
1. peg [v] - See also: peg
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pegged
Literary usage of Pegged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Shoe Industry by Frederick James Allen (1916)
"The Standard Screw, pegged, and Nailed Departments. ... The pegged shoe is made
in about the same manner, a machine inserting wooden pegs instead of the ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... turned the corner (or pegged hi» thirty- first) hole. In cards it is a slain,
that is, when one of the players wins the entire game before his adversary ..."
3. The Exterior of the Horse by Armand Goubaux, Gustave Barrier (1892)
"Immobilized or pegged Shoulders.—When the shoulders, although normal in appearance,
seem to be restrained from acting with entire freedom, ..."
4. The Exterior of the Horse by Armand Goubaux, Gustave Barrier (1892)
"Immobilized or pegged Shoulders.—When the shoulders, although normal in appearance,
seem to be restrained from acting with entire freedom, ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Buried and pegged firmly down. Wire entanglement may be added to this with advantage.
An abatis should be protected from artillery fire, which is sometimes ..."
6. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1898)
"... he knew that enterprising, hard-working men pegged out claims, which were
surveyed, and charges were made in accordance with the law. ..."
7. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1907)
"Leases have been pegged out along this belt of schist for a distance of over a
mile on the assumption that there is a continuous lode running through them ..."
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