What does peggy mean?
Peggy means Any of several small warblers, the whitethroat, etc..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Any of several small warblers, the whitethroat, etc..
Against this, her deck staff runs to about a hundred, being made up of some fifty able-seamen, eight or ten 'peggies' […]
The number of "peggies" going aft to fetch the meals had been increasing steadily.
Use peggy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Peggy means Any of several small warblers, the whitethroat, etc..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Against this, her deck staff runs to about a hundred, being made up of some fifty able-seamen, eight or ten 'peggies' […]
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