Meanings of peg away in English

So I will stay here and peg away as long as it lasts.

Well, I'll peg away; I can do nothing else, and wouldn't if I could.

He took the little red peg away from her and stuck it in its hole.

Well, other briefless barristers peg away at journalism, and political agency work, and coaching, and studying.

The only thing is to peg away.

Now, you peg away at your hymn.

My natural tendency is to take up one task, and peg away at it till it is done.

But he could not peg away.

So peg away at journalism.

I used to touch parts of her, or of myself, or Bran, and peg away at the names of them.

They had to peg away for dear life, pushing themselves forward with their skee-staves, laboring like plough-horses, panting, snorting, perspiring.

Suppose one of them proves interesting, I may pump him and peg away at him, and just at the critical moment he will get out.

Maybe I'll catch up a little yet if I keep pegging away.

We've got to keep pegging away till it does rain, that's all.

He pegged away to the sofa, and threw himself on it.

Never was there a more complete vindication of the policy of pegging away.