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peggy

Speech parts

1. peggy - Noun

2. Peggy - Proper noun

Meaning

A diminutive of the female given name Margaret, also used as a formal given name.

(cryptography) Placeholder name for the party that supplies a proof.
Coordinate term: Victor


peggy (plural peggies)

Any of several small warblers, the whitethroat, etc.


peggy (plural peggies)

(UK, naval slang) The petty officers' mess steward.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

Courting Peggy McGrath provided me with a very pleasant diversion and eventually with the most important relationship of my life. David Rockefeller

I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it. Otis Blackwell

There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument. Rita Coolidge

Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins. Carly Simon

Peggy chose her words to be true, and therefore beautiful, and therefore good. Orson Scott Card

You speak metaphorically, I hope,” said Peggy. "I hope not,” said Becca. "Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. Orson Scott Card

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