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peg

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1. peg - Noun

2. peg - Verb

3. Peg - Proper noun

Meaning

A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.

A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.

One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.

One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.

A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."

To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.

To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.

To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification. Helen Rowland

You will have no sensation of a leash around your neck if you sit by the peg. It is only when you stray that you feel the restraining tug. Michael Parenti

I loved Peg Bundy. I am so happy that I got to do that. It was really fun. Katey Sagal

You cannot hang everything on a single peg. Russian Proverb

The person who knows himself and his opponent will be invincible. Carve a peg only after you have observed the hole. Korean Proverb

Carve the peg only after studying the hole. Korean Proverb

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