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pegtops

pegtops is the plural of pegtop.

Meaning of pegtop

Noun

pegtop (plural pegtops)

  1. A spinning top.
    • How often have I seen him, intent upon a match at marbles or pegtop, looking on with a face of unutterable interest, and hardly breathing at the critical times!1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “Somebody Turns Up”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 179

Noun

pegtops pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A kind of trousers, wide at the top and narrow at the ankles; peg-top trousers.

Forms of pegtops

alternative formpeg-tops

Questions about pegtops

What does pegtops mean?
Pegtops means a kind of trousers, wide at the top and narrow at the ankles; peg-top trousers.
What is pegtops the plural of?
Pegtops is the plural of pegtop.
What part of speech is pegtops?
Pegtops is a noun.

Words near pegtops in the dictionary

  1. pegs out
  2. pegs the needle
  3. pegsunercept
  4. Pegswood
  5. pegtop
  6. pegtops
  7. Pegu
  8. Pegu jar
  9. Pegu jars
  10. Peguan
  11. Peguer

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