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  • adjective fastened by pegs

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Examples

  • Two general duty men began to wrap up the Special in dust-sheets and pegged-down tarpaulins, and Terry and Lucky began to dismantle their cameras and pack them in cases, to take them away for the night.

    Smokescreen Francis, Dick 1972

  • Two general duty men began to wrap up the Special in dust-sheets and pegged-down tarpaulins, and Terry and Lucky began to dismantle their cameras and pack them in cases, to take them away for the night.

    Smokescreen Francis, Dick 1972

  • "I know if I was a piewipe I wouldn't be cheated by a few dummies and some pegged-down birds."

    Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp George Manville Fenn 1870

  • That seemed a suitable place for the snake, and he tenderly placed it, writhing feebly, among the thin pegged-down strands.

    Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel George Manville Fenn 1870

  • a pegged-down match; but he _doesn't_ shine as a punter, though he fancies himself a second ABEL BEASLEY.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 6, 1891 Various

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