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What (who) is mumblety-peg - definition
KNIFE-THROWING GAME
Mumblety peg; Mumbledy-peg; Mumbledepeg; Mumblepeg; Mumble peg; Mumbletypeg; Mumblety-Peg; Mumbley-peg; Mumble-the-peg; Mumble-de-peg; Mumbleypeg; Mumbly-peg
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mumblety-peg
['m?mb(?)lti]
¦ noun chiefly US a game in which each player in turn throws a knife or pointed stick from a series of positions, continuing until it fails to stick in the ground.
Origin
C17: from mumble in sense 2, from the requirement of the game that an unsuccessful player withdraw a peg from the ground using the mouth.
Mumblety-peg
Mumblety-peg (also known as mumbley-peg, mumblepeg, mumble-the-peg, mumbledepeg or mumble-de-peg) is an old outdoor game played using pocketknives. The term "mumblety-peg" came from the practice of putting a peg of about 2 or 3 inches into the ground.
Peg cell
CELL TYPE
Peg cells
A peg cell is a non-ciliated epithelial cell within the uterine tube (oviduct or Fallopian tube). These cells are also known as an intercalated or intercalary cell.
Wikipedia
Mumblety-peg
![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boy's camp -- "Mumble-the-Peg" game LOC 20571897558.jpg?width=120)
Mumblety-peg (also known as mumbley-peg, mumblepeg, mumble-the-peg, mumbledepeg or mumble-de-peg) is an old outdoor game played using pocketknives. The term "mumblety-peg" came from the practice of putting a peg of about 2 or 3 inches into the ground. The loser of the game had to take it out with his teeth.
Mark Twain's book Tom Sawyer, Detective recounts "mumbletypeg" as one of boys' favorite outdoor games.
