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Noun: mumble-the-peg
Usage: archaic
  1. A game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground
    "mumble-the-peg was once a popular pastime among schoolboys";
    - mumblety-peg

Derived forms: mumble-the-pegs

Type of: child's game

Encyclopedia: Mumble-the-peg