peg leg

noun

an artificial leg, especially a wooden one.

a person with an artificial leg.

Nearby words

peewit, peg, peg away at, peg climbing, peg down, peg leg, peg out, peg top, peg-and-socket joint, peg-board, peg-top

Origin of peg leg

First recorded in 1760–70

Related formspeg·legged, adjective

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Examples from the Web for peg leg

There was one that showed evidence of a missing foot, a peg-leg such as those he had often seen on the open range.
The Yellow Horde|Hal G. Evarts
But they felt that ultimately they would find it, that it would not be like the three buttes of Peg-leg Smith.
The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone|Richard Bonner
Peg-leg he opines ther yaller is nuthin' but copper, or maybe fool's gold.
The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone|Richard Bonner
If I'd got you aboard that cayuse, Peg-leg, them cattle would hev nipped us, sure.
Motor Matt's Race|Stanley R. Matthews

Mr. Bodge retreated as nimbly as a man with a peg-leg could be expected to move.
The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day

British Dictionary definitions for peg leg

peg leg

noun informal

an artificial leg, esp one made of wood

a person with an artificial leg

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peg leg

noun

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Origin of peg leg

Examples from the Web for peg leg

British Dictionary definitions for peg leg

peg leg

noun informal