peglessadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɛɡləs/, U.S.

/ˈpɛɡləs/

Forms: 1800s pegles, 1800s– pegless.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peg n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < peg n.¹ + -less suffix.

Not having or requiring pegs; without a peg.

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a1864 J. Clare Early Poems (1989) I. 126 I myself..To many a Limb a ready lopping gave And now in turn you see I'm serv'd the same Which may to some as a Misfortune shine To own these pegles stumps—this armles side.

1896 Daily News 25 Nov. 6/5 [The bullet with a peg] its effect is much more deadly than the pegless one.

1920 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Daily Gaz. 5 Nov. 1/1 A ropeless, poleless and pegless tent for tourists is erected by fastening one side to an automobile and the other to sleeping cots.

1952 Independent Record (Montana) 9 Jan. 8/4 (headline) Pegless Cribbage Board Invented.

2000 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) (Nexis) 15 Oct. He got the idea from a family friend who had fashioned a pegless clothesline using wire coathangers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pegless
释义	peglessadj. Brit. /ˈpɛɡləs/, U.S. /ˈpɛɡləs/ Forms: 1800s pegles, 1800s– pegless. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peg n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < peg n.¹ + -less suffix. Not having or requiring pegs; without a peg. ΚΠ a1864 J. Clare Early Poems (1989) I. 126 I myself..To many a Limb a ready lopping gave And now in turn you see I'm serv'd the same Which may to some as a Misfortune shine To own these pegles stumps—this armles side. 1896 Daily News 25 Nov. 6/5 [The bullet with a peg] its effect is much more deadly than the pegless one. 1920 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Daily Gaz. 5 Nov. 1/1 A ropeless, poleless and pegless tent for tourists is erected by fastening one side to an automobile and the other to sleeping cots. 1952 Independent Record (Montana) 9 Jan. 8/4 (headline) Pegless Cribbage Board Invented. 2000 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) (Nexis) 15 Oct. He got the idea from a family friend who had fashioned a pegless clothesline using wire coathangers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1864
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