pegtop

1. A child's toy; a variety of top. "We may form the best idea of such a motion by noticing a child's peg - top , when it spins not upright." Her schel: Astronomy (ed. 5th), § 317. 2. ( Pl .): A kind of trousers very wide at the top, and narrowing toward the bottom. "Pegtops and a black bowler hat."-H. Kingsley: Ravens hoe, ch. lxvi. pěg, v. t. & i. [PEG, 8.] A. Transitive: 1. To put pegs into; to fasten with pegs; as, to peg boots or shoes. 2. To throw with the hand; as, to peg stones. ( Colloquial .) 3. To confine, to restrict, to limit; to tie down. B. In trans.: To work hard and diligently. (With away , at , or on .) "George had up to this time been pegging away with dogged perseverance."- London Daily Telegraph.