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Definition of Peg away

1. Verb. Work doggedly or persistently. "She keeps plugging away at her dissertation"

Definition of Peg away

1. Verb. To keep working at something ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Peg Away

Literary usage of Peg away

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"peg away, Bob, said Mr. Allen to his companion, encouragingly. ... To peg away continually is, as we well know, the loftiest idea of modern statesmanship, ..."

2. The Civil War in Song and Story, 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"Can't say, can't say, sir." " But, Mr. Lincoln, what do you mean to do ? "peg away, sir; peg away. Keep pegging away ! ..."

3. The Antiquarian (1871)
"Possibly also "to peg away" comes from this game, and " taking down a peg." But this is surmise. Let us come to facts. 1. That the game is still played, ..."

4. Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South: 1860-1865 edited by Frank Moore (1882)
"peg away, sir ; peg away. Keep pegging away ! " INCIDENTS OF ALEXANDRIA. — On Sunday morning, August 3, 186:2, that place was plundered by a band of ..."

5. The Life and Times of Thomas Wakley: Founder and First Editor of the "Lancet by Samuel Squire Sprigge (1897)
"CHAPTER XXIII [1823-1834] A Barren Victory—The Secession of 5wr William Lawrence—His Demeanour towards Wakley—Wakley Continues to "peg away" —The Insult to ..."

6. A General Dictionary of Provincialisms by William Holloway (1840)
"To PEG-AWAY, rn To eat or drink voraciously, as when a person is very hungry or thirsty. Hants. Lincoln. Sussex. To do any kind of work earnestly or quickly ..."

7. The Fireside Encyclopædia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most (1878)
"... may turn peg away, boys, You may pay on' old Ned, We've had a dull day, boys, And Tommy's dead. Move my chair on the floor, boys, Let me turn my head; ..."

8. Valerie, Or The Treasured Tokens: Romantic Opera in Four Acts by James Remington Fairlamb (1879)
"So pe<r, peg, peg, so peg away; Who would not then a cobbler be? The anxious cares that others fe«l Their faces pale and wan reveal; No man's .nitj master, ..."

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