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- proper noun A
diminutive of the female given namesPeggy andMargaret . - proper noun Canada, slang The city of
Winnipeg . Usually preceded by the.
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Examples
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| Reply its all about how they play him in the film, Peg is a bullseye for comedy no questions asked, but seriousness needs more proving ground.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Simon Pegg is Scotty in Star Trek!! 2007
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Peg is a writer with 2 (lots of fun to read about) little girls ... one of whom is just dying to go to Space Camp with 49 other great kids.
pimpity pimpity pimpity moriarty6 2006
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Designed by Brunel University student Oliver MacCarthy, the Weather Predicting Clothes Peg is outfitted with sensors to detect changes in air pressure correlated to rain.
Boing Boing: September 4, 2005 - September 10, 2005 Archives 2005
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‘Lovely Peg’ for the third time in one evening, to make an extemporaneous substitution of the name ‘Florence;’ but finding this difficult, on account of the word Peg invariably rhyming to leg (in which personal beauty the original was described as having excelled all competitors), he hit upon the happy thought of changing it to
Dombey and Son 2007
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In developing training, which I will address another day, I have had a great partner in Peg Burnette, of the University of Illinois Chicago Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria.
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In developing training, which I will address another day, I have had a great partner in Peg Burnette, of the University of Illinois Chicago Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria.
Archive 2002-02-01 Lori 2002
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Mumblety-Peg is an old pastime, consisting of tossing a pocket-knife from various positions so that the blade will stick in the ground.
Naomi Craig RA: Sports and Games ITY Brown University 1997
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I never heard of it since, but grandpa had some we called Peg Teg.
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Peg is having first-rate 'opportunities' in the way of dancing, gymnastics and other accomplishments of a bodily sort.
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His solo on Peg is short, and admirably controlled
Word Magazine - Comments Vince Black 2008
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