peg out
English edit
Verb edit
peg out (third-person singular simple present pegs out, present participle pegging out, simple past and past participle pegged out)
- (transitive) To mark (a territory or area) with pegs. [from 19th c.]
- 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 145:
- I was soon the proud possessor of a miner's right, and my claim was pegged out for me away on the reefs.
- 1943 September and October, “Railway Construction and Operation at War Department Depots”, in Railway Magazine, page 261:
- After the plans have been approved, the company [Railway Survey Company, Royal Engineers] will peg out the work on the ground, and give levels during the construction period.
- (slang, intransitive) To die. [from 19th c.]
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 64:
- I don't know what they went to ask her for; but Percy and Harold didn't peg out.
- (croquet, intransitive) To finish a game of croquet. [from 19th c.]
- (cribbage) To move one's peg to the last position on the pegboard, and thus win. [from 19th c.]
- (transitive) To hang up (washing) using pegs. [from 20th c.]
Translations edit
Mark a territory with pegs
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To die
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