† Peg Trantumn.

Forms: 1600s–1800s Peg Trantum, 1700s Peg Crancum.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.The first element appears to be the female forename Peg , rhyming form of Meg (see Meg n.¹). With the second element compare perhaps slightly later tantrum n.

slang. Obsolete.

A boisterous, reckless girl. Chiefly in to go to Peg Trantum's and variants: to go to one's death, to die.

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1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. ix. 41 Thunderbolts and Lightnings..that will sink you down to Peg-Trantums, an hundred Fathom underground.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Gon to Pegtrantums, Dead.

1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 8 He fulfills to a tittle the never-failing Proverb, Set a Beggar on Horseback, and he'll ride to Peg Crancums.

1799 T. Streatfield Road to Ridicule ii. 41 I will tho' [sc. confine you] till you marry Mr. Madman there. So your young puppy may go to Peg Trantum.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) Peg-trantum, a galloping, rantipole girl; a hoydenish mauther.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	peg trantum
释义	† Peg Trantumn. Forms: 1600s–1800s Peg Trantum, 1700s Peg Crancum. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown.The first element appears to be the female forename Peg , rhyming form of Meg (see Meg n.¹). With the second element compare perhaps slightly later tantrum n. slang. Obsolete. A boisterous, reckless girl. Chiefly in to go to Peg Trantum's and variants: to go to one's death, to die. ΚΠ 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. ix. 41 Thunderbolts and Lightnings..that will sink you down to Peg-Trantums, an hundred Fathom underground. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Gon to Pegtrantums, Dead. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 8 He fulfills to a tittle the never-failing Proverb, Set a Beggar on Horseback, and he'll ride to Peg Crancums. 1799 T. Streatfield Road to Ridicule ii. 41 I will tho' [sc. confine you] till you marry Mr. Madman there. So your young puppy may go to Peg Trantum. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) Peg-trantum, a galloping, rantipole girl; a hoydenish mauther. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1694
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