peg-top

It was his joy to recall, for all who came, the days of the bicycle built for two, the peg-top trousers and brown derbies of the men, and of the bustles, flounces and puffed sleeves of the women.

Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon 2010

‘John has lately been speculating in the peg-top ring; and I often say to him at night, “John, IS the result worth the wear and tear?”’

A Holiday Romance 2007

‘John has lately been speculating in the peg-top ring; and I often say to him at night, “John, IS the result worth the wear and tear?”’

A Holiday Romance 2007

This was too large for their little hands to grasp, and by means of some grievance inside, or perhaps through a cruel trick of the plumber, up went the long handle every time small fingers were too confiding, and there it stood up like the tail of a rampant cow, or a branch inaccessible, until an old shawl or the cord of a peg-top could be cast up on high to reduce it.

Erema Richard Doddridge 2004

R. Wilfer locked up his desk one evening, and, putting his bunch of keys in his pocket much as if it were his peg-top, made for home.

Our Mutual Friend 2004

A young man in peg-top trousers and side whiskers carrying a spiked stick appeared by the lake.

Between the Acts 2004

“Kirra-kul” (EUPOMATIA LAURINA), which resembles an obtuse peg-top, and is spun from the peg.

My Tropic Isle 2003

They had bought flaring suits with huge peg-top trousers and gigantic padded shoulders.

This Side of Paradise 2003

Mayakin spoke fast, whirling like a peg-top amid the crowd of people.

The Man Who Was Afraid 2003

An old-fashioned nearly, crinolines and peg-top trousers.

To the Lighthouse 2002