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What is the noun for pegs?

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peg
  1. A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
  2. Measurement between the pegs: after killing an animal hunters used the distance between a peg near the animal's nose and one near the end of its body to measure its body length.
  3. A protrusion used to hang things on.
  4. (figuratively) A support; a reason; a pretext.
  5. (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
  6. (finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold
  7. (Britain) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
  8. A place formally allotted for fishing
  9. (colloquial, dated) A leg or foot.
  10. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
  11. A step; a degree.
  12. Short for clothes peg.
  13. Synonyms:
  14. Examples:
    1. “Leave about five inches hanging below the frame and insert a peg into the hole to secure the strand.”
      “Perhaps he's forgotten my inferior position, or perhaps I've gone up a peg.”
pegboard
  1. A board that has a pattern of holes into which pegs are fitted; used especially to record the score in some card games.
  2. A perforated form of hardboard.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The pegboard at the bowling alley displayed the team's scores for all to see.”
      “These screws were applied through the holes in the pegboard so as not to damage the board material.”
      “The company offers a freestanding display rack and a pegboard assembly to merchandise the products.”
pegger
  1. A person who pegs (in any sense)
  2. A person who, or machine that, attached the uppers to the soles of shoes using wooden pegs
  3. Examples:
    1. “If the peg drops before crossing 10 feet line, the tent pegger gets 2 points and another chance to strike.”
      “We classify each country as either a pegger or floater, fully realizing that these are sometimes ambiguous choices.”
      “The best-attended match of the week was the 69 pegger at Yarm for the RAFA open match.”
peghead
  1. (music) The part of a stringed instrument, at the end of the neck, that holds the pegs or mechanical tuners used to control string tension.
  2. Synonyms:
peggee
  1. (slang, rare) A sexual participant who is "pegged", or penetrated with a dildo.
pegging
  1. The activity of artificial climbing on crags and in quarries outside the main mountain areas.
pegboards
peggings
  1. plural of pegging
pegheads
  1. plural of peghead
peggers
  1. plural of pegger
peggees
  1. plural of peggee
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