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单词 peg-legger
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peg-leggern.

Brit. /ˈpɛɡlɛɡə/, U.S. /ˈpɛɡˌlɛɡər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peg leg n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < peg leg n. + -er suffix1.
colloquial.
A person who has an artificial leg, esp. a wooden one. Also (slang): a beggar.
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the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar
beggara1250
bidder1362
mendinantc1395
mendivaunt1395
craver1406
thigger1424
gangrela1450
mendicant1474
mendiant1483
eremite1495
Lazarus?a1513
truandals1523
bellyterc1540
clapperdudgeon1567
beggar-man1608
maunder1609
maunderer1611
Abraham cove1612
eleemosynary1643
mumpera1652
jockey1685
progger1685
asker1708
thigster1710
prog1828
shooler1830
cadger1851
panhandler1893
Weary Willie1896
schlepper1901
plinger1904
peg-legger1915
tapper1930
clochard1940
the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > prosthesis or spare part > [noun] > leg > person having
timber-toe1785
peg leg1872
peg-legger1915
1915 Washington Post 22 Aug. 1/5 Mr. Cork..was of the old regime, a peg-legger..who would hold that to make a wooden leg look like a real one is false art.
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 615/2 Peg-legger, a beggar... Either rhyming s[lang] or ex the preceding [sc. peg-leg].
1982 J. West Friendly Persuasion (2003) 76 ‘Well, God kiss me,’ said the peg-legger. He took his pipe from his mouth and elevated his weather-beaten chops as if awaiting the salutation.
2002 Richmond (Va.) Times Dispatch (Nexis) 23 July d1 Thousands of young girls..screamed in delight..as he [sc. Eminem] bounced along like a hopped-up peg-legger.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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