Peggy's leg

n.

Heard in Waterford and Donegal

A stick of hard boiled rock candy.

We bought peggy's legs with our pocket money.

Posh English

We purchased sticks of rock with our pocket money.

Related terms

• Ga legAn awkward, limp, or misshapen leg.
• To look like a hard boiled shiteTo look extremely pale and unwell.
• Ate the hind leg off the lamb of GodAn irreverent saying used to describe extreme desire for food.
• Drink off a sore legA very heavy drinker.
• Haven't a leg to stand onSaid when a person has no way of making an argument against what you are sayiing.
• I'd ate the hind leg of the lamb of GodOne is extremely hungry.