mumblety peg
(US) 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.
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(US) 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.
Others played mumbletypeg with rusty stolen jackknives, or simply drowsed in the sunlight, waking now and then to exchange their sorry belongings .
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