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Definition of Mumblety-peg
1. Noun. A game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mumblety-peg
Literary usage of Mumblety-peg
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Games and Songs of American Children by William Wells Newell (1903)
"mumblety-peg. In this game of boys and girls, a knife is cast to the earth, on
a piece of turf, with the point downwards, and must remain sticking there; ..."
2. "That Damn Y": A Record of Overseas Service by Katherine Mayo (1920)
"... finks as the prize in a mumblety-peg championship contest, because mumblety-peg
was a thing you could play on that floor in that dark. ..."
3. "That Damn Y": A Record of Overseas Service by Katherine Mayo (1920)
"... links as the prize in a mumblety-peg championship contest, because mumblety-peg
was a thing you could play on that floor in that dark. ..."
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