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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A trademark for a type of hardboard with rows of regularly spaced holes into which hooks may be inserted for storing or displaying objects.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted

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Examples

  • He turned and plucked the key to the room Shay and Gabriel were already in from the Peg-Board behind him.

    Crave Laura J. Burns 2010

  • The Peg-Board was stripped of the soup ladle and spatula, the set of quilted blue pot holders, the pots and pans that they had bought, a dollar apiece at a yard sale.

    Tell us we’re home Martina Budhos 2010

  • The Peg-Board was stripped of the soup ladle and spatula, the set of quilted blue pot holders, the pots and pans that they had bought, a dollar apiece at a yard sale.

    Tell us we’re home Martina Budhos 2010

  • So why don't you publish the wage survey questionnaire online or in the Peg-Board so that non-union members can fill it out?

    Filled Out Your Wage Survey Yet? Jeff Massie 2009

  • There was a long workbench and above it a Peg-Board full of hand tools.

    Heaven’s Keep William Kent Krueger 2009

  • There was a long workbench and above it a Peg-Board full of hand tools.

    Heaven’s Keep William Kent Krueger 2009

  • There was a long workbench and above it a Peg-Board full of hand tools.

    Heaven’s Keep William Kent Krueger 2009

  • The final version, which might include a few adjustments, will appear in the May Peg-Board.

    The New Wage Survey Jeff Massie 2009

  • We'll link to that blog, advertise it here and in the Peg-Board, and you'll hopefully get the data you seek.

    Wage Surveys! Steve Hulett 2009

  • A think-piece from the April 1972 Peg-Board referencing Hanna-Barbera setting up an Australian studio in February of that year:

    Run Run Run Runaway ... Steve Hulett 2008

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