MUMBLETY-PEG


Meaning of MUMBLETY-PEG in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈməm-bəl-(tē-)ˌpeg, -blē-ˌpeg ]

noun

also mum·ble-the-peg -bəl-(thə-)ˌpeg, -blē-ˌpeg ; or mumble peg -bəl-ˌpeg, -blē-

Etymology: from the phrase mumble the peg; from the loser's originally having to pull out with his teeth a peg driven into the ground

Date: 1627

: a game in which the players try to flip a knife from various positions so that the blade will stick into the ground

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