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Pehlevi
peignoir
pejoration
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pekin
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peg out

peg out


verb 
Definition:
 
1. intransitive verb collapse from exhaustion: to collapse from exhaustion or to be too exhausted to continue ( informal )

2. transitive verb U.K. fasten clothes to washing line: to attach wet clothes to a clothesline with clothespins

3. transitive verb secure something with pegs: to fasten something such as a tent with pegs

4. intransitive verb  ( informal )
Same as  die1 (sense 1)


5. transitive verb mark out land: to mark out a piece of land with stakes

6. intransitive verb win croquet game: in croquet, to hit the peg, thereby winning the game

7. transitive verb exclude opponent's ball in croquet: to make an opponent's croquet ball hit the peg, thereby causing it to be out of the game

8. intransitive verb card games score winning point in cribbage: in cribbage, to score the winning point

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