peg legn.
/ˈpɛɡ lɛɡ/, U.S. /ˈpɛɡ ˌlɛɡ/ colloquial.
An artificial leg, esp. a wooden leg. Also: a person who has such a leg. Also in extended use (see quot. 1971).
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > prosthesis or spare part > [noun] > leg > person having
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1769 J. Wedgwood Let. 6 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 88 The peg leg is much wanted.
1872 J. Hartley Halifax Clock Almanack 48 (E.D.D.) Besides, he's a peg leg.
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Aug. 3/1 The days of the old ‘peg’ legs have gone by.
1903 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 11 404/2 A wooden leg, in the sense of a peg-leg, Lord Uxbridge never wore.
1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 116 Peg leg, (1) the first rear axle of a tandem-axle tractor when it has only single tires... (2) a three-legged trailer... (3) a trailer with one broken dolly.
1992 T. Morrison Jazz 119 His peg leg is stretched out comfy; his real one is carrying both the beat and the guitar's weight.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- to make butter and cheese of
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