peg out

British  

verb

1. informal (intr) to collapse or die

2. croquet

   1. (intr) to win a game by hitting the peg

   2. (tr) to cause (an opponent's ball) to hit the peg, rendering it out of the game

3. (intr) cribbage to score the point that wins the game

4. (tr) to mark or secure with pegs

   to peg out one's claims to a piece of land

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Example Sentences

By which he means that the history of people who like to peg out under the stars is studded with left-wingers, protofascists, survivalists, teetotallers, eugenicists, nudists, swingers, Quakers and pagans.

From The Guardian • Jul. 6, 2011

Then, after spreading a torn bandanna handkerchief near him, he tipped up the stump and from its hollow peg, out rained a shower of coins!

From Mr. Wicker's Window by Ward, Lynd

I cut a beautiful peg out of hard wood—one of those sharp, slender pegs that will go through anything but a stone.

From Harper's Young People, June 8, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

At daylight they made a rush to peg out claims; we did likewise, and obtained one well placed as to water.

From Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 by Corfield, W. H. (William Henry)

"Roy O'Mara's bottomed on opal there ... got some pretty good colours, and we're goin' to peg out."

From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah