peg out

vb (adverb)

1. (intr) informal to collapse or die

2. (Croquet) croquet

a. (intr) to win a game by hitting the peg

b. (tr) to cause (an opponent's ball) to hit the peg, rendering it out of the game

3. (Card Games) (intr) cribbage to score the point that wins the game

4. (tr) to mark or secure with pegs: to peg out one's claims to a piece of land.

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Translations

den Löffel abgeben

w>peg out

vt sep

washing → aufhängen; skins → ausspannen

(= mark out) area → abstecken

vi (Brit sl: = die) → abkratzen (inf), → den Löffel abgeben (inf); (with exhaustion) → umkippen (inf); (= stop: machine) → verrecken (inf)

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References in classic literature

"'Peg out that man!' sez me orf'cer bhoy, niver losin' his timper; an' the non-coms wint in and pegged out Scrub Greene by the side av Peg Barney.

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