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Difference between Peg leg and Peg legs

peg leg

1. a wooden leg:

  • McPhail has created a pirate crew consisting of animals dressed in pirate gear: eye patches and peg-legs included.

2. (sl.) a person who wears a wooden leg:

  • See that peg leg over there? He lost his foot to a shark.

peg legs—(U.S. sl.) pants which are tapered at the ankle:

  • Heavy thighs? Forget about peg legs and baggy shapeless jeans.