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pegbox

American  
[peg-boks] / ˈpɛgˌbɒks /

noun

  1. the widened end of the neck of a stringed instrument, to which the tuning pegs are fixed.


Etymology

Origin of pegbox

First recorded in 1880–85; peg + box 1


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