mumblety-peg

noun

mum·ble·ty-peg | \ˈməm-bəl-(tē-)ˌpeg,

-blē-ˌpeg\

variants: or less commonly mumble-the-peg \-bəl-(t͟hə-)ˌpeg,

-blē-ˌpeg \ or mumble peg \-bəl-ˌpeg,

-blē- \

Definition of mumblety-peg

: a game in which the players try to flip a knife from various positions so that the blade will stick into the ground

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