Meaning of mumblety peg | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of several forms of a game in which a jack-knife is thrown so that it sticks into the ground close to the player's feet.

US, uncountable

Examples

“Others played mumbletypeg with rusty stolen jackknives, or simply drowsed in the sunlight, waking now and then to exchange their sorry belongings [...].”

“Bailey played mumbledypeg with the older boys around the chinaberry tree […]”

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