peg top

¹

noun

1. a child's wooden top that spins on a metal peg.
2. peg tops, peg-top trousers.

peg-top

²

[ peg-top ]

adjective

1. wide at the hips and narrowing to the ankle:

   peg-top trousers; peg-top skirts.

peg top

¹

noun

1. a child's spinning top, usually made of wood with a metal centre pin

peg-top

²

adjective

1. (of skirts, trousers, etc) wide at the hips then tapering off towards the ankle

Word History and Origins

Origin of peg top¹

First recorded in 1650–60

Origin of peg top²

1860–65; adjective use of peg top (in the sense “a child's toy that spins on a peg”)

Example Sentences

Slowly at first and then with a rush she came about like a peg top.

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There were large slabs of stone laid down in the yard, on which marbles were played with, and peg tops were spun. 

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A portly person, wearing, indeed, a frock coat, a sash, and peg top trousers, appeared in the doorway of the presidential mansion.

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The cut of the trousers was somewhat along the lines of fifteen years before, with their peg tops and heavy cuffs.

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It was Serozha's birthday, and he received many different gifts; peg tops, and hobby horses, and pictures.

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