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peg leg


peg leg

noun

Definition of PEG LEG

: an artificial leg; especially : one fitted at the knee
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Origin of PEG LEG

3peg
First Known Use: 1769

Rhymes with PEG LEG

blackleg, bootleg, bowleg, dogleg, foreleg, jackleg, jake leg, JPEG, milk leg, MPEG, muskeg, nutmeg, redleg, roughleg, Tuareg, unpeg

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