Peggy

[ peg-ee ]

/ ˈpɛg i /

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noun

a female given name, form of Margaret.

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Words nearby Peggy

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How to use Peggy in a sentence

When she came to visit, she would have been glad to offer Peggy a new warm lap.
How a Pandemic Puppy Saved My Grieving Family|Nicole Chung|April 6, 2021|Time
It was my lap that Peggy curled up on to sleep all the way home.
How a Pandemic Puppy Saved My Grieving Family|Nicole Chung|April 6, 2021|Time
Peggy, now 6 months old, did house-train reasonably quickly, and she is sleeping through the night, but our living-room rug and nearly every piece of furniture we own should probably be replaced.
How a Pandemic Puppy Saved My Grieving Family|Nicole Chung|April 6, 2021|Time
I suspect she would have called Peggy her “grand-puppy” and sent her plenty of toys and treats, the way she always seemed to find time and money to send gifts to my kids throughout the year, not just on their birthdays.
How a Pandemic Puppy Saved My Grieving Family|Nicole Chung|April 6, 2021|Time

Sandra gazes at the picture and breaks down, telling Peggy through tears, “I miss who he was.”
In Herself, a Young Dublin Mother Builds a House to Find Her Way Home|Stephanie Zacharek|January 8, 2021|Time
Which was issued as the B-Side to Peggy Sue Got Married in 1959.
Greil Marcus Talks About Trying to Unlock Rock and Roll in 10 Songs|Allen Barra|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Participants included conservative figures Peggy Noonan, Charles Krauthammer, and Bill Kristol.
The GOP Has a New Darling, But He Lives in Canada|Tim Mak|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Suddenly I could hear Peggy Lee singing “Is That All There Is?”
The Stacks: Pete Dexter on What It’s Like to Lose the Knack of Having Fun|Pete Dexter|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My millennial friends have waited in line beside a cluster of Orthodox women in long dark skirts to be seen by Peggy.
New York's Sexiest Kosher Corsets|Emily Shire|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I ask Peggy how she learned to size women up so efficiently and effectively.
New York's Sexiest Kosher Corsets|Emily Shire|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Peggy Grainger was only a tiny little girl when Admaston's father died.
A Butterfly on the Wheel|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Well, her father established Peggy in a big house in St. James's—huge retinue of servants and so forth.
A Butterfly on the Wheel|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Nobody knows exactly how it happened, but at anyrate George proposed and Peggy accepted him.
A Butterfly on the Wheel|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
George's engagement to Peggy seriously affected the lives of two people who are deucedly well known in society.
A Butterfly on the Wheel|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
When Peggy's father died, Colling was going it hell-for-leather—just about as fast as they're made.
A Butterfly on the Wheel|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull