The peg-legged sailor hummed a jaunty tune as he swabbed the deck.

I lost three clothes-pegs when the wind blew the towel off the line.

The striker managed to peg back the champions with a last-minute header.

Even when progress was slow, she continued to peg away at her novel every evening.

By halftime, the two teams were level pegging, each having scored once.

He fitted a puzzle-peg under the stray dog's jaw to keep its nose from rooting in the soil.

The child carefully sorted the puzzle-pegs by color before starting the game.

Before the concert, she tightened the tuning pegs to make sure the guitar would stay in tune.

He turned the loose tuning peg carefully until the guitar sounded in tune.

After the long meeting, we relaxed with a couple of chota pegs and some lively conversation.