Lexicographical Neighbors of Peghing
Literary usage of Peghing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"... When strangers landed now sae thrang Puffing an peghing he wad gang." Idem.
PEG, To beat. " To turn one a peg," to do him an injury or ill turn, ..."
2. The Surgeon's Daughter and Castle Dangerous: With General Glossary by Walter Scott (1879)
"Peching, see peghing. Peculium, property on the person. Pedder, pedlar; hawker.
... peghing, peching, puffing and panting ; breathing hard. ..."
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