pegtop

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noun

A spinning top.

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Meanings

nounpegtop (plural pegtops)

plural pegtops · alternative peg-top

  1. A spinning top.

    How often have I seen him, intent upon a match at marbles or pegtop, looking on with a face of unutterable interest, and hardly breathing at the critical times!

    1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “Somebody Turns Up”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 179

Origin

From peg + top.

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