PEG

A Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue · 1811 · p. 4

Old Peg; poor hard Suffolk or Yorkshire cheese. A peg is also a blow with a straight arm: a term used by the profe ors of gymnastic arts. A peg in the day-light, the victualling office, or the haltering-place; a blow in the eye, stomach, or under the ear. PEG TRANTUM'S. Gone to Peg Trantum's; dead.