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Meanings of pegleg in English

Portuguese
perna-de-pau
Spanish
pata de palo

A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.

perna-de-pau
Usage of pegleg in English
1
Ever hear of a pegleg in the ring?
Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man
2
It sounded like a pegleg.
The Queen of Bedlam
3
He organized a party of six to hunt for the Pegleg Mine.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania
4
He caught Pegleg Trantham riding down Red Bird Creek on a mare-mule.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm / His Plight and other Plights
5
Pegleg can scatter news faster than a pea dropper can drop peas.
Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number ...
6
Sharon Whipple yelled and Pegleg McCarron pounded the floor in applause.
The Wrong Twin
7
Pegleg was only a distant connection of the main strain of the enemy.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm / His Plight and other Plights
8
Will there be GPS chips in their peglegs instead of maps on parchment paper?
Wired
9
Pegleg looked at him shrewdly, as he laid down three dimes and a nickel.
Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number ...
10
Don't suppose I'll ever forget the night Little Billy Pegleg jumped up and .
Magic terror: seven tales
11
On account of his wooden stump he was dubbed "Pegleg" by his fellow-travellers.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania
12
And then in your list of networks, you should see an open network that says PegLeg.
Wired
13
This was T. L. Smith, better known as "Pegleg" Smith.
The Story of the Mormons, from the Date of Their Origin to the Y...
14
When Pegleg Lonergan, a local gang leader was killed along with two others, Capone was held.
The new yorker
15
A jury of strangers heard the stories of Anse himself and of the dead Pegleg's white-eyed nephew.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm / His Plight and other Plights
16
Now, can you tell me a little bit about what the PegLeg is and how it works?
Wired
Translations for pegleg
Pegleg through the time