peg vs provincial

peg

noun
  • A stump. 

  • A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects. 

  • One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained. 

  • A support; a reason; a pretext. 

  • A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold. 

  • The penetration of one's (male) partner in the anus using a dildo. 

  • A peg moved on a crib board to keep score. 

  • A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage. 

  • A protrusion used to hang things on. 

  • A step; a degree. 

  • A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky. 

  • A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed. 

  • A place formally allotted for fishing 

verb
  • To affix or pin. 

  • To fasten using a peg. 

  • To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg. 

  • To throw. 

  • To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. (Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.) 

  • To engage in anal sex by penetrating (one's male partner) with a dildo. 

  • To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape. 

  • To keep working hard at something; to peg away. 

  • To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge). 

  • To fix a value or price. 

provincial

noun
  • A country bumpkin. 

  • A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial. 

  • A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order. 

adj
  • Not cosmopolitan; backwoodsy, hick, yokelish, countrified; not polished; rude 

  • Narrow; illiberal. 

  • Constituting a province. 

  • Of or pertaining to a province. 

  • Limited in outlook; narrow. 

  • Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province. 

  • Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical. 

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