A game in which players toss a jackknife in various prescribed ways, with the object being to make the blade stick firmly into the ground.
[From the phrase mumble the peg, from the fact that originally the loser had to pull up with the teeth a peg driven into the ground.]
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Do you know me?
With enough enthusiasm, any acquaintance may persuade me to read a book. Once begun it is a matter of character to complete the mission.
That is why we are known, not by what we read, but by what we reread.
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