- peg trousers
- peg-top trousers or peg trousers,= peg tops. (Cf. ↑peg tops)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
peg trousers
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peg-top trousers — or peg trousers, = peg tops. (Cf. ↑peg tops) … Useful english dictionary
peg — pegless, adj. peglike, adj. /peg/, n., v., pegged, pegging, adj. n. 1. a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark… … Universalium
peg top — noun Date: 1788 1. a pear shaped top that is made to spin on the sharp metal peg in its base by the unwinding of a string wound round its center 2. plural peg trousers … New Collegiate Dictionary
peg-top — /peg top /, adj. wide at the hips and narrowing to the ankle: peg top trousers; peg top skirts. [1730 40; adj. use of PEG TOP (def. 1)] * * * … Universalium
peg top — peg′ top n. 1) a child s wooden top that spins on a metal peg 2) clo peg tops, peg top trousers • Etymology: 1730–40 … From formal English to slang
peg-top — peg′ top adj. clo wide or full at the top and tapered narrowly at the bottom:peg top trousers; peg top sleeves. • Etymology: 1730–40 … From formal English to slang
peg-top — [peg′täp΄] adj. pear shaped like a peg top; esp., designating trousers that are full at the hips and narrow at the cuffs … English World dictionary
peg top — n. 1. a child s spinning top having a metal tip on which it spins 2. [pl.] peg top trousers … English World dictionary
peg tops — peg tops, trousers wide at the hips and gradually narrowing to the ankles … Useful english dictionary
peg top — noun a pear shaped top made of wood with a metal center pin • Hypernyms: ↑top, ↑whirligig, ↑teetotum, ↑spinning top * * * noun 1. : a pear shaped wooden top that ends in a sharp metal peg and that is made to spin by the unwinding of a string… … Useful english dictionary
