mumblety-peg


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mumblety-peg /ˈmʌmb(ə)lti/
noun chiefly US a game in which each player in turn throws a knife or pointed stick from a series of positions, continuing until it fails to stick in the ground.
– origin C17: from mumble (sense 2 of the verb), from the requirement of the game that an unsuccessful player withdraw a peg from the ground using the mouth.
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