mumbletypeg

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mumbletypeg [ˈmʌmb^əltɪˌpɛg]

(Group Games / Games, other than specified) US a game in which players throw a knife in various prescribed ways, the aim being to make the blade stick in the ground

[from mumble the peg, a loser in the game being required to pull the knife out of the ground using the teeth]

mumbletypeg - The children's game was first mumble-the-peg, descriptive of one of the penalties imposed on the loser.

See also related terms for imposed.

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