SINCE 1828
mumblety-peg
noun
mum·ble·ty-peg
| \ ˈməm-bəl-(tē-)ˌpeg
, -blē-ˌpeg\
, -blē-ˌpeg\
variants:
or less commonly mumble-the-peg \ ˈməm-bəl-(t͟hə-)ˌpeg
, -blē-ˌpeg \
or mumble peg \ ˈməm-bəl-ˌpeg
, -blē- \
, -blē-ˌpeg \
or mumble peg \ ˈməm-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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