peg top


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peg top

n
(Games, other than specified) a child's spinning top, usually made of wood with a metal centre pin
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peg′ top`


n.
1. a child's wooden top that spins on a metal peg.
2. peg tops, peg-top trousers.
[1730–40]

peg′-top`



adj.
wide or full at the top and tapered narrowly at the bottom:peg-top trousers; peg-top sleeves.
[1730–40]
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Noun1.peg top - a pear-shaped top made of wood with a metal center pin
spinning top, teetotum, whirligig, top - a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin; "he got a bright red top and string for his birthday"
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