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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mum•ble•ty•peg (mum′bəl tē peg′),USA pronunciation n. - Gamesa children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
Also, mum•ble•de•peg, mum•ble•dy•peg (mum′bəl dē peg′),USA pronunciation mum′ble peg′, mum•ble-the-peg (mum′bəl ᵺə peg′),USA pronunciation mum′ble•ty-peg′, mum•bly-peg (mum′blē peg′).USA pronunciation - 1620–30; from phrase mumble the peg (see mumble); so named because the losing player was formerly required to pull a peg from the ground with his or her teeth
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