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  • Because one leg was now permanently shorter and smaller than the other, expanded taunts of those other little girls now included "Peg-leg Frida!"

    Frida - A Novel By Barbara Mujica 2007

  • Because one leg was now permanently shorter and smaller than the other, expanded taunts of those other little girls now included "Peg-leg Frida!"

    Frida - A Novel By Barbara Mujica 2007

  • A man known as "Baldy" and another called "Peg-leg" asked to be registered under their proper surnames.

    Call Me Anytime, But Don't Call Me That 2006

  • A man known as "Baldy" and another called "Peg-leg" asked to be registered under their proper surnames.

    Archive 2006-05-01 The Nag 2006

  • Peg-leg ': he clenched his fists at his sides, not wanting to turn and see the pathetically eager face behind him on the veranda.

    When the Lion Feeds Smith, Wilbur 1964

  • It was ther finest thing they'd seen fer a long time, and in honor of Peg-leg, who suggested going to ther mountain, they calls it Smith Mountain, and that's its name to this day.

    The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone Richard Bonner

  • Peg-leg he opines ther yaller is nuthin 'but copper, or maybe fool's gold.

    The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone Richard Bonner

  • Peg-leg Smith nor'n to Guv'nor Downey, nor'n to McGuire, nor'n to Dr. De Courcy, nor'n to any of 'em to find the Buttes, but as I says afore, I says ag'in -- 'at ther good Lord never made nuthin' thet wasn't of some use.

    The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone Richard Bonner

  • Then come along a man named McGuire, who said he knew where the buttes was and showed black rocks with gold in 'em to prove it, jes 'like the ones Peg-leg and ther Injun had found, they was.

    The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone Richard Bonner

  • Francisco show that McGuire deposited thousands of dollars 'worth of gold nuggets there, and my old dad knew Peg-leg Smith and saw the black rocks with the gold fillings that he brought out uv ther desert.

    The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone Richard Bonner

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