Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wooden leg of the simplest form.
- noun One who walks on a wooden leg: so called in contempt or derision.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A wooden leg, usually
tapered , strapped onto the stump of anamputated leg. - verb To
limp orhobble (as if having a wooden leg) - adjective Descriptive of one with such a leg. E.g. "Peg-leg Pete".
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Examples
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I finkso teh kitteh wuz yoozin ur peg-leg az a skratchin post.
tell da men - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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That means that extreme versions — triple-pleated pants with a peg-leg proportion, for example — will look dated rather than au courant.
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Now peg-leg jeans and pre-ripped T shirts are making their way up from ultrahip clubs in New York City to malls near you, and so is the new-wave music and old-school hip-hop behind the look.
It Looks Marvelous 2008
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Why would anyone buy high-waisted, peg-leg khakis when you can get hip-hugging, flare khakis in your size?
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Why would anyone buy high-waisted, peg-leg khakis when you can get hip-hugging, flare khakis in your size?
Archive 2006-05-01 2006
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I showed him the scar where on March 25 one of his guys 'bullets came a millimeter away from putting me in the peg-leg set.
The War Without End 2008
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Well, if you take into account his peg-leg, the 'Strain won, then, right?
The BSNYC Absentee Art Exhibition (Part II) BikeSnobNYC 2008
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I would have had the little peg-leg squire arrest me, only I knew this meeting was going to be pulled off to-day, to let the world know what was going on in West Virginia.
Mother Jones Speaks to Striking Coal Miners (historical) 2007
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The students claim that the posters were supposed to be pretty clear satire — quite plausible, given the “lasers in eye” and “peg-leg for smuggling and heroin,” and the “Brought to you by Students for Conservativo-Fascism Awareness.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week at George Washington University: 2007
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Once in a while I wear some cropped pants--I have some nice gaucho-style ones that are flattering--but never those peg-leg capris that end right at the fullest part of my calf. ~shudder~
Beauty is Relative... And Regional PeaceBang 2006
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