Peg

v.

Heard in Roscommon, Offaly, Dublin and Tipperary

To throw, hurl, or toss an object swiftly through the air.

In use

Peg me down dat jumper out de windor before I catch me death!

Posh English

Throw me down that sweater through the window before I perish from the cold!

Same phrase, other counties

  • ChuckTo hurl, pitch, or toss an object with considerable force.
  • FlakeTo hurl or throw an object carelessly or with considerable force.
  • Alley-bahThrow a valuable object in the air - who catches it keeps it. See also Up For The Bah.
  • He'd eat you through a sackVicious person, like a rat eating something through a sack. Also said of a woman: 'she'd…
  • She'd suck a lemon through a length o wavin pipeTha' wan is the town bike. That woman over there that we know has such a filthy mouth…
  • WearTo throw or hurl something away.