mumblety-peg

mum·ble·ty-peg  (mmbl-t-pg, -bl-pg) also mum·ble-the-peg (-bl--)

n.

A game in which players toss a jackknife in various prescribed ways, with the object being to make the blade stick firmly into the ground.

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[From the phrase mumble the peg, from the fact that originally the loser had to pull up with the teeth a peg driven into the ground.]

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Noun

1.

mumblety-peg - a game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground mumble-the-peg child's game - a game enjoyed by children