peg-down
/ˈpɛɡdaʊn/Angling
adjective
Designating a competition in which the part of the river bank assigned to each competitor is marked off with a peg or pegs.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Fishing Gazette. From peg + down, after to peg down.
- laughing muscle
- laughing owl
- laughing post
- laughing stock
- laughing-thrush
- laugh in someone's face
- laughless
- laugh like a drain
- Laughlin
- laugh line
- laugh-maker
- laugh meter
- laugh-o-meter
- laughometer
- laugh oneself silly (or sick)
- laugh one's head off
- laugh on the other side of one's face (or out of the other side of one's mouth)
- laugh-out-loud
- laugh riot
- laughsome
- laugh someone/thing out of court
- laugh something to scorn
- laughter
- laughter-filled
- laughter line