Pegging
['pegiŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peg
(n.) The act or process of fastening with pegs.
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Examples
- In 1858 also, about the same time the Sturtevant pegging machine was introduced, the shoe-sewing machine was developed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He was perpetually pegging at the floor the moment she left his sight. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- What with rum and pepper,--and pepper and rum,--I should think his pegging must be nearly over. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He devised a pegging machine, and out of his scanty earnings and at odd hours, with much pain and labour, and by borrowing money, he finally completed it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The machine made what was called peg wood, a long ribbon strip of seasoned wood, sharpened on one edge and designed to be fed into the machine for pegging shoes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The pegging machines and sewing machines worked a revolution in shoemaking. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I see you pegging away at your books, no, I mean studying hard. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He was a very poor man, getting a living by pegging on the soles of a few pair of shoes each day. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- All these powers were soon busy pegging out claims in North America and the West Indies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And Jo blushed at the dreadful 'pegging' which had escaped her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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