mumblety-peg
/ˈmʌmbltɪˌpeg/noun
mass noun
- chiefly US a game in which each player in turn throws a knife or pointed stick from a series of positions, continuing until it fails to stick in the ground〈主美〉掷刀游戏(玩者从一系列不同地点掷刀或尖头棒, 至掷物不能插入地面为止)。
词源
early 17th cent.: also in the form mumble the peg, from mumble in the late 16th-cent. sense 'bite as if with toothless gums', from the requirement of the game that an unsuccessful player withdraw a peg from the ground using the mouth.