mumblety-peg

mum ble ty-peg |ˈməmbəltē ˌpeg ˈməmbəlti pɛɡ |(also mumbletypeg ) ▶noun a game in which each player in turn throws a knife or pointed stick from a series of positions, continuing until it fails to stick in the ground. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: also in the form mumble the peg, from mumble in the late 16th -cent. sense ‘bite as if with toothless gums, ’ from the requirement of the game that an unsuccessful player withdraw a peg from the ground using the mouth.

mumblety-peg

mumblety-peg |ˈmʌmb (ə )lti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] chiefly US a game in which each player in turn throws a knife or pointed stick from a series of positions, continuing until it fails to stick in the ground. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: also in the form mumble the peg, from mumble ( sense 2 of the verb ), from the requirement of the game that an unsuccessful player withdraw a peg from the ground using the mouth.