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| clothespin |
a clip or forked peg of wood or plastic, used to hold clothes on a line for drying. |
| dowel |
a peg or pin that is placed into corresponding holes in two pieces of wood in order to fasten them together. [1/3 definitions] |
| mumbletypeg |
a children's game in which the players toss a knife in various prescribed ways, trying to stick the blade in the ground, with the loser having to withdraw a peg from the ground with his or her teeth. |
| peg |
to fasten, plug, or mark with a peg or pegs. [1/3 definitions] |
| picket |
a pointed stake, post, or peg fixed into the ground, usu. used to make a fence or hold something in place. [1/5 definitions] |
| pin |
a wooden or metal peg used for connecting or holding parts together. [1/6 definitions] |
| repeg |
combined form of peg. |
| spile |
a wooden peg or plug, esp. one used as a spigot in a barrel. [1/4 definitions] |
| spill2 |
a small peg or pin used as a stopper. [1/2 definitions] |
| stud1 |
a pin or peg attached to an automobile tire to help it grip a road surface firmly. [1/5 definitions] |
| tee2 |
a short peg with a concave top on which a golf ball is usu. set at the beginning of play on a golf hole. [1/3 definitions] |
| thole |
a wooden peg or metal pin, usu. one of a pair, set into the gunwale of a boat to act as the fulcrum for an oar. |
| treenail |
a wooden peg used to fasten timbers, esp. in ships, which swells and tightens when wet. |
| unpeg |
to remove a peg or pegs from, esp. to open or unfasten in this manner. |
| yo-yo |
a toy made of two thick wooden or plastic disks connected by a peg around which a string is tied. One plays with a yo-yo by holding the end of the string and moving the hand to cause the disk unit to roll up and down the string. |
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