mumblety peg

See also: mumbletypeg

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally from mumble +‎ the +‎ peg.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmʌmb(ə)ltiˌpɛɡ/

Noun

mumblety peg (uncountable)

  1. (US) Any of several forms of a game in which a jack-knife is thrown so that it sticks into the ground close to the player's feet.
    • 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage 2004, p. 296:
      Others played mumbletypeg with rusty stolen jackknives, or simply drowsed in the sunlight, waking now and then to exchange their sorry belongings [...].
    • 1969, Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, 1971, Chapter 17, p. 94,
      Bailey played mumbledypeg with the older boys around the chinaberry tree […]
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