mumbly-peg

A form of mumblety peg — Any of several forms of a game in which a jack-knife is thrown so that it sticks into the ground close to the player's feet.

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Meanings

nounmumbly-peg (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of mumblety peg.

    If you've never played mumbly-peg before, you'll think this is impossible.

    1958, Robert Paul Smith, How to do nothing with nobody all alone by yourself, New York: Norton, page 47
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