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  • Now, Levitch has a new project, an interactive NYC guide called The Pegleg, geared to visitors looking for something more engaging than the Empire State Building/Circle Line tour.

    Wired Top Stories bdagosti 2011

  • Most likely, the fire was started during a craps game, either by Daniel "Pegleg" Sullivan or Louis M. Cohn.

    - 2007

  • On account of his wooden stump he was dubbed "Pegleg" by his fellow-travellers.

    Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson

  • Harris; "Pegleg" Smith, whose habit of profanity was shocking; Miles

    The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Harry Leon Wilson 1903

  • Messrs. Burtis and Willett desired to entertain some of their fort friends in town; Colonel "Pegleg" was the only man at the post who owned

    Under Fire Charles King 1888

  • Somebody at division head-quarters must have had an eye on the situation, for there came a letter from a trusted aide of the lieutenant-general to old "Pegleg" reminding him of the gratitude we all owed the young man's noble father, and bidding him lend a helping hand to Davies, and see that his life wasn't made a burden to him by his troop commander.

    Under Fire Charles King 1888

  • And then the whole regiment came flocking home, and there was joy and gladness unspeakable in many a little army household and some modification thereof in others, and presently Devers and his troop arrived after a long, long march, and Devers began giving "Pegleg" something more to think about.

    Under Fire Charles King 1888

  • Colonel "Pegleg," the chaplain, the doctors, the adjutant and quartermaster, the band, one company of his reliable old corps, the

    Under Fire Charles King 1888

  • Pegleg and Paddy Save the World” by Jonathan Maberry: The Chicago Fire and zombies; do I really need to say anything more?

    12 « June « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009

  • Pegleg and Paddy Save the World” by Jonathan Maberry: The Chicago Fire and zombies; do I really need to say anything more?

    Book Review – History is Dead: A Zombie Anthology 2009

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