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peg out

verb

Definition of peg out 

intransitive verb

chiefly British

: die

Examples of peg out in a Sentence

when her pet pig pegged out she grieved for weeks

First Known Use of peg out

1854, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of peg out was in 1854

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