pegging

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And since this weapon-pegging is the entire point of his robot on the left.

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  1. The act of fastening with a peg or pegs, or of furnishing with pegs.
  2. Pegs collectively, or material for pegs.
  3. A beating; a drubbing.

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  • However pegging is always a problematic strategy, and so it has been in the Estonian case. —  A Fistful Of Euros » A Fistful Of Euros
  • And since this weapon-pegging is the entire point of his robot on the left. —  The Web Comic List - Latest Webcomics
  • But he's done now, poor beggar--pegging out fast. —  The Swindler and Other Stories
  • In that regiment of fine riders it has always been hard to shine at polo or tent-pegging, or heads-and-posts, but there was no mistaking the perfect horseman in B.-P. when he got into the saddle, with the eyes of the regiment upon him. —  The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps'
  • A splendid collection of plate testifies to success in many a field of sport, polo, tent-pegging, and shooting The archćological treasures consist of sculptures and friezes of Greco-Buddhist origin, illustrating incidents in the life of Buddha, while the statues represent the great Gautama and some of his disciples. —  The Story of the Guides
 

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