peg leg

noun

an artificial leg, especially a wooden one.

a person with an artificial leg.

Origin of peg leg

First recorded in 1760–70

OTHER WORDS FROM peg leg

peglegged, adjective

Words nearby peg leg

peg climbing, peg down, pegged tooth, pegging, Peggy, peg leg, Pegler, pegmatite, peg out, peg top, Pegu

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Example sentences from the Web for peg leg

There was one that showed evidence of a missing foot, a peg-leg such as those he had often seen on the open range.
The Yellow Horde|Hal G. Evarts
But they felt that ultimately they would find it, that it would not be like the three buttes of Peg-leg Smith.
The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone|Richard Bonner
Peg-leg he opines ther yaller is nuthin' but copper, or maybe fool's gold.
The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone|Richard Bonner
If I'd got you aboard that cayuse, Peg-leg, them cattle would hev nipped us, sure.
Motor Matt's Race|Stanley R. Matthews

Mr. Bodge retreated as nimbly as a man with a peg-leg could be expected to move.
The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day

British Dictionary definitions for peg leg

peg leg

noun informal

an artificial leg, esp one made of wood

a person with an artificial leg

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单词	peg leg
释义	peg leg noun an artificial leg, especially a wooden one. a person with an artificial leg. Origin of peg leg First recorded in 1760–70 OTHER WORDS FROM peg leg peglegged, adjective Words nearby peg leg peg climbing, peg down, pegged tooth, pegging, Peggy, peg leg, Pegler, pegmatite, peg out, peg top, Pegu Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for peg leg There was one that showed evidence of a missing foot, a peg-leg such as those he had often seen on the open range. The Yellow Horde\|Hal G. Evarts But they felt that ultimately they would find it, that it would not be like the three buttes of Peg-leg Smith. The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone\|Richard Bonner Peg-leg he opines ther yaller is nuthin' but copper, or maybe fool's gold. The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone\|Richard Bonner If I'd got you aboard that cayuse, Peg-leg, them cattle would hev nipped us, sure. Motor Matt's Race\|Stanley R. Matthews Mr. Bodge retreated as nimbly as a man with a peg-leg could be expected to move. The Skipper and the Skipped\|Holman Day British Dictionary definitions for peg leg peg leg noun informal an artificial leg, esp one made of wood a person with an artificial leg Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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