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Search phrase: peg

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The TempestTem I.ii.295And peg thee in his knotty entrails, tillAnd peg-thee in his knotty entrailes, till

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Glossary

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cleave the pin[archery] split the peg in the middle of a target
pegpin on a stringed instrument to which the strings are fastened
Peg-a-Ramsey[dance tune] name of a spying wife in a contemporary ballad
pinpeg [to hold things together]
pin[archery] peg in the middle of a target; centre
push-pintype of children's game [the pushing over of a peg to cross the peg of another player]
spigotwooden peg, tap [in a barrel]

Thesaurus

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peg [to hold things together]pin
peg in the middle of a target [in archery]pin
peg in the middle of a target, split the [in archery]cleave the pin
peg, wooden [in a barrel]spigot
split the peg in the middle of a target [in archery]cleave the pin
wooden peg [in a barrel]spigot

Themes and Topics

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Contemporary figures, factual and fictitious

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
PEGBASICpeg n, peg v
PEGNOTunpeg v
UNPEGBASICsee PEG

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