It was his joy to recall, for all who came, the days of the bicycle built for two, the peg-top trousers and brown derbies of the men, and of the bustles, flounces and puffed sleeves of the women. ❋ Unknown (2010)
‘John has lately been speculating in the peg-top ring; and I often say to him at night, “John, IS the result worth the wear and tear?”’ ❋ Unknown (2007)
This was too large for their little hands to grasp, and by means of some grievance inside, or perhaps through a cruel trick of the plumber, up went the long handle every time small fingers were too confiding, and there it stood up like the tail of a rampant cow, or a branch inaccessible, until an old shawl or the cord of a peg-top could be cast up on high to reduce it. ❋ Richard Doddridge (2004)
R. Wilfer locked up his desk one evening, and, putting his bunch of keys in his pocket much as if it were his peg-top, made for home. ❋ Unknown (2004)
A young man in peg-top trousers and side whiskers carrying a spiked stick appeared by the lake. ❋ Unknown (2004)
“Kirra-kul” (EUPOMATIA LAURINA), which resembles an obtuse peg-top, and is spun from the peg. ❋ Unknown (2003)
They had bought flaring suits with huge peg-top trousers and gigantic padded shoulders. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Mayakin spoke fast, whirling like a peg-top amid the crowd of people. ❋ Unknown (2003)
An old-fashioned nearly, crinolines and peg-top trousers. ❋ Unknown (2002)
He had four men with him who wore a mixture of fawn- and charcoal-colored suits with peg-top trousers. ❋ STEF ANN HOLM (2001)
"That leather-skinned cranky old terrier over there reported Tim, and the 'bloke' with the peg-top whiskers reported Larry." ❋ A Merchant - Anonymous (N/A)
The world of the boulevards -- with its cafés and restaurants and theatres -- was the accepted rallying point of the authors and poets, the painters and musicians, and the lights twinkling in the theatrical and journalistic firmaments, the men in velveteen jackets and peg-top trousers, the women in flounced skirts and shawls and elastic-sided boots. ❋ Horace Wyndham (N/A)
Dutchman with _sabots_ and peg-top trousers told us. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
This girl had made herself by tight-lacing into a notable specimen of the peg-top figure, bulgy at the bust and shoulders, and tapering off at the waist. ❋ Madame Sarah Grand (N/A)
Parliament a Bill will pass for granting peg-top money to His Royal ❋ Various (N/A)
At the same time I sang several of the modern fermatas, which rush up and down and hum like a well-spun peg-top, striking a few villainous chords by way of accompaniment. ❋ Various (N/A)
