Synonym: leg, nail, nail down, nog, oarlock, peg down, pegleg, pin, rowlock, stick, thole, tholepin, wooden leg. Similar words: off the peg, scapegoat, landscape gardener. Meaning: [peg] 
n. 1. a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface 2. small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. 3. informal terms of the leg 4. a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg 5. regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument 6. a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing. v. 1. succeed in obtaining a position 2. pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into 3. fasten or secure with a wooden pin 4. stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations.
n. 1. a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface 2. small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. 3. informal terms of the leg 4. a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg 5. regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument 6. a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing. v. 1. succeed in obtaining a position 2. pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into 3. fasten or secure with a wooden pin 4. stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations. 
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61. Markby, taking off his overcoat and sticking it haphazardly over a peg, grunted.
62. We were given a peg to put our bags on.
63. Green in the chrome of the Harley, in the beach towel hung on a peg.
64. Apart from peg 40 immediately below the Teme it was definitely going to be a feeder job.
65. But I did select my own peg words and you will have to do this too.
66. The peg that had been put through the top of the column had to be removed.
67. On the ball ... Bobby kicks soccer hopefuls into shape. Off the peg ... the clothes fit for a future king.
68. In the underworld she was stripped, humiliated, whipped and hung on a peg.
69. I took the fedora from the hat peg and perched it over my brow.
70. An even bigger shock was in store when the organisers set to and began breaking out a peg for everyone.
71. Dorothy had only one other dress, but that happened to be clean and was hanging on a peg beside her bed.
72. It was gratifying to her to see that woman taken down a peg.
73. It was too cumbersome to hang on a peg in the hall with the others.
74. What, then, has happened to the dollar and gold[sentencedict.com], the two key reserve assets under the adjustable peg?
75. In fact, when my Aunt Peg got the idea to scare her friends, she'd forgotten all about Mrs Sugar.
76. The tip of the peg is indeed in contact with the socket arid the peg is aligned with it.
77. The whole house fell on top of her, and that was the end of sweet old Peg.
78. The goal was another peg, some 30 feet and almost horizontally leftwards across yet another blank wall.
79. It provides a formal structure within which a commitment to peg exchange rates will be credible. Sentencedict.com
80. The peg and string method of devising near biomorphic forms has been used by Naum Gabo and Armin Hofmann.
81. On uneven ground use a base and peg it down or use stones to steady it.
82. He fled to the peg and grabbed his jacket and was putting it on when she got up and came toward him.
83. It is often difficult to peg managers who shift their focus from one industry or market theme to another.
84. This is a lightweight wooden construction and has a hinged lid, secured with a hasp and a small wooden peg.
85. The facilities have survived the adjustable peg system and are still in operation today.
86. Another major problem for the adjustable peg system was the liquidity arrangements discussed in Section 8.2.2.
87. He deserved to be taken down a peg or two.
88. The sink peg and the point above for decent nets of roach.
89. Government measures to peg back inflation have deepened the recession.
90. Werewolf's, with a quick press, could have come off the peg at any Army and Navy store.