Mumbletypeg — is an outdoor game played by children using pocketknives. Mumbletypeg was very popular as a schoolyard game in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries, but with increased concern over child safety the game has declined in… … Wikipedia
mumbletypeg — [mum′bəl tē peg΄] n. [altered < mumble the peg < mumble, to bite] a children s game in which a jackknife is tossed in various ways to make it land with the blade in the ground, the loser originally having to draw a peg from the ground with… … English World dictionary
mumbletypeg — n. children s game played with a pocketknife … English contemporary dictionary
mumbletypeg — mum•ble•ty•peg [[t]ˈmʌm bəl tiˌpɛg[/t]] also mum•ble the peg [[t] ðə [/t]] n. gam a children s game in which a pocketknife is flipped so that its blade sticks into the ground • Etymology: 1620–30; from phrase mumble the peg (see mumble); so named … From formal English to slang
mumbletypeg — /mum beuhl tee peg /, n. a 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.… … Useful english dictionary
Mumblety-peg — (also known as mumbley peg, mumblepeg, mumble the peg, mumbledepeg or mumble de peg) is an old outdoor game played by children using pocketknives.[1] The term Mumblety peg came from the practice of putting a peg of about 2 or 3 inches into the… … Wikipedia
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Calling Out the Chords, Vol. 1 — Infobox Album Name = Calling Out the Chords, Vol. 1 Type = live Artist = Rheostatics Released = 2005 Recorded = 2004 Genre = Indie rock Length = Label = Zunior Producer = Reviews = Last album = The Whale Music Concert, 1992 (2005) This album =… … Wikipedia
mumblety peg — noun /ˈmʌmb(ə)ltiˌpɛɡ/ Any of several forms of a game in which a jackknife is thrown so that it sticks into the ground close to the players feet. Others played mumbletypeg with rusty stolen jackknives, or simply drowsed in the sunlight, waking… … Wiktionary
game — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. amusement, diversion, sport, play; contest, match; plan, purpose; prey (see pursuit). See contention, chance, animal. adj., slang, sporty, gritty, plucky. See courage, resolution. II (Roget … English dictionary for students
