mumblety-pegn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌmbltɪˌpɛɡ/, U.S.

/ˈməmb(ə)ltiˌpɛɡ/

Forms: 1600s mumble the pegge, 1600s 1800s– mumble-peg, 1600s– mumbledepeg, 1600s– mumblety-peg, 1700s– mumble-the-peg, 1800s mubblety-peg, 1800s mumble-te-peg, 1800s mumly Meg, 1800s mummelty-peg, 1900s– fumbledy-peg, 1900s– mama-peg, 1900s– mamma-peg, 1900s– momley-peg (New Zealand), 1900s– mommety-peg, 1900s– mumbity-peg, 1900s– mumble-de-peg, 1900s– mumbledy-peg, 1900s– mumbledy-pegs, 1900s– mumblem-peg, 1900s– mumblepeg, 1900s– mumbley-peg, 1900s– mumbley-pegs, 1900s– mumbling peg, 1900s– mumbly peg, 1900s– mumblypeg, 1900s– mumley-peg, 1900s– mumly peg, 1900s– mumma-peg, 1900s– mummeldy-peg, 1900s– mummel-peg, 1900s– mummety-peg, 1900s– mummy-peg, 1900s– mum-peg, 1900s– mungdy-peg, 1900s– nimblety-peg, 1900s– numble peg.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mumble v., the adj., peg n.¹

Etymology: < mumble v. (see sense 1 s.v.) + the adj. + peg n.¹ The medial the was frequently reduced to an indeterminate syllable, and sometimes lost altogether; compare maggoty-pie n.The following quot. is apparently a reference to the same game under a similar name (mosel being an early variant of muzzle v.¹):1569 W. Wager Longer thou Liuest sig. Aiv You would laugh to se me mosel the pegge.

Now chiefly U.S.

A children's game in which each player attempts to make the blade of a knife (in some places a fork) stick in the ground when thrown from a series of positions, the loser being required to draw out of the ground with the teeth a peg which has been driven in with a certain number of blows with the handle of the knife.The game is also known by a number of other names, including locally in Scotland knifey n. and in New Zealand stagknife.

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mumblety-peg1627

knifey1896

pitch-and-toss1969

1627 W. Hawkins Apollo Shroving Prol. 5 Nor scourge-top, nor Trusse, nor Leape frog, nor Nine holes, nor Mumble the pegge.

a1652 R. Brome New Acad. ii. i. 33 in Five New Playes (1659) At Mumbledepeg I will so firk her.

1653 J. Taylor Sence upon Nonsence 18 When..Christmas Carrols playd at Mumble peg, With the Buls pizzel of a Market Towne.

1839 Spirit of Times 27 Apr. 91/2 It is their very nature to believe that Kentucky can beat the world from Mumble the Peg, to Horse racing.

1870 ‘M. Twain’ in Galaxy July 139/2 If anybody caught him playing ‘mumble-peg’ by himself, after the age of sixty, he would immediately appear to be ciphering out how the grass grew.

1873 J. M. Bailey Life in Danbury 31 The boys on Liberty Street..were playing mumblety peg, all of them together, Saturday afternoon.

1891 A. Welcker Tales Wild West 14 He..would play any game whatever, even down to ‘mumble-peg’, if money was at stake.

1920 S. Lewis Main St. xii. 147 While you're playing mumblety-peg with Mrs. Lym Cass, Pete and me will be rambling across Dakota.

1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling vii. 64 Jody and Fodder-wing..went into a corner to play mumbledepeg. Ma Baxter would never have allowed pocket knives to be flipped into her clean smooth floors.

1963 W. H. Missildine Your Inner Child of Past xi. 104 He demonstrates how children need to be left alone in order to grow creatively through such activities as building tree houses and playing mumbley peg.

1996 Detroit News (Electronic ed.) 9 June Another player said to Farrell: ‘Where's the crowd?’ Farrell answered: ‘Over behind the caddie house, watching Hagen play mumblety-peg.’

Derivatives

ˈmumblety-pegging n. rare the playing of mumblety-peg.

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1932 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Sept. 10/7 The Park will attempt next week to match this week's golf tournament with a grand quoit pitchin' and mumblety-peggin' contest.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mumblety-peg
释义	mumblety-pegn. Brit. /ˈmʌmbltɪˌpɛɡ/, U.S. /ˈməmb(ə)ltiˌpɛɡ/ Forms: 1600s mumble the pegge, 1600s 1800s– mumble-peg, 1600s– mumbledepeg, 1600s– mumblety-peg, 1700s– mumble-the-peg, 1800s mubblety-peg, 1800s mumble-te-peg, 1800s mumly Meg, 1800s mummelty-peg, 1900s– fumbledy-peg, 1900s– mama-peg, 1900s– mamma-peg, 1900s– momley-peg (New Zealand), 1900s– mommety-peg, 1900s– mumbity-peg, 1900s– mumble-de-peg, 1900s– mumbledy-peg, 1900s– mumbledy-pegs, 1900s– mumblem-peg, 1900s– mumblepeg, 1900s– mumbley-peg, 1900s– mumbley-pegs, 1900s– mumbling peg, 1900s– mumbly peg, 1900s– mumblypeg, 1900s– mumley-peg, 1900s– mumly peg, 1900s– mumma-peg, 1900s– mummeldy-peg, 1900s– mummel-peg, 1900s– mummety-peg, 1900s– mummy-peg, 1900s– mum-peg, 1900s– mungdy-peg, 1900s– nimblety-peg, 1900s– numble peg. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mumble v., the adj., peg n.¹ Etymology: < mumble v. (see sense 1 s.v.) + the adj. + peg n.¹ The medial the was frequently reduced to an indeterminate syllable, and sometimes lost altogether; compare maggoty-pie n.The following quot. is apparently a reference to the same game under a similar name (mosel being an early variant of muzzle v.¹):1569 W. Wager Longer thou Liuest sig. Aiv You would laugh to se me mosel the pegge. Now chiefly U.S. A children's game in which each player attempts to make the blade of a knife (in some places a fork) stick in the ground when thrown from a series of positions, the loser being required to draw out of the ground with the teeth a peg which has been driven in with a certain number of blows with the handle of the knife.The game is also known by a number of other names, including locally in Scotland knifey n. and in New Zealand stagknife. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > knifie mumblety-peg1627 knifey1896 pitch-and-toss1969 1627 W. Hawkins Apollo Shroving Prol. 5 Nor scourge-top, nor Trusse, nor Leape frog, nor Nine holes, nor Mumble the pegge. a1652 R. Brome New Acad. ii. i. 33 in Five New Playes (1659) At Mumbledepeg I will so firk her. 1653 J. Taylor Sence upon Nonsence 18 When..Christmas Carrols playd at Mumble peg, With the Buls pizzel of a Market Towne. 1839 Spirit of Times 27 Apr. 91/2 It is their very nature to believe that Kentucky can beat the world from Mumble the Peg, to Horse racing. 1870 ‘M. Twain’ in Galaxy July 139/2 If anybody caught him playing ‘mumble-peg’ by himself, after the age of sixty, he would immediately appear to be ciphering out how the grass grew. 1873 J. M. Bailey Life in Danbury 31 The boys on Liberty Street..were playing mumblety peg, all of them together, Saturday afternoon. 1891 A. Welcker Tales Wild West 14 He..would play any game whatever, even down to ‘mumble-peg’, if money was at stake. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. xii. 147 While you're playing mumblety-peg with Mrs. Lym Cass, Pete and me will be rambling across Dakota. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling vii. 64 Jody and Fodder-wing..went into a corner to play mumbledepeg. Ma Baxter would never have allowed pocket knives to be flipped into her clean smooth floors. 1963 W. H. Missildine Your Inner Child of Past xi. 104 He demonstrates how children need to be left alone in order to grow creatively through such activities as building tree houses and playing mumbley peg. 1996 Detroit News (Electronic ed.) 9 June Another player said to Farrell: ‘Where's the crowd?’ Farrell answered: ‘Over behind the caddie house, watching Hagen play mumblety-peg.’ Derivatives ˈmumblety-pegging n. rare the playing of mumblety-peg. ΚΠ 1932 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Sept. 10/7 The Park will attempt next week to match this week's golf tournament with a grand quoit pitchin' and mumblety-peggin' contest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1627
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