Noun
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a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
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regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
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a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- wooden leg - pegleg -
informal terms for the leg
"fever left him weak on his sticks"
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small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
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a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
Verb
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stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
"The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar"
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fasten or secure with a wooden pin
"peg a tent"
- peg down -
pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
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succeed in obtaining a position
"He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
- nail down