Mumblety-peg Definition

mŭmbəl-tē-pĕg, -blē-pĕg
noun
A game in which players toss a jackknife in various prescribed ways, with the object being to make the blade stick firmly into the ground.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • mumble-the-peg

Origin of Mumblety-peg

  • From the phrase mumble the peg from the fact that originally the loser had to pull up with the teeth a peg driven into the ground

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Originally from mumble +"Ž the +"Ž peg.

    From Wiktionary

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