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Thread #127109   Message #2833126
Posted By: Dave Roberts
08-Feb-10 - 02:10 PM
Thread Name: Technophobia: Dolly Peg Fiddle Mute
Subject: RE: Technophobia: Dolly Peg Fiddle Mute
That's what I would call a clothes peg. A dolly peg was a wooden contrivance with a long handle and a thing that looked like a small stool with three legs at the other end. It was used for pummelling clothes as they boiled furiously in a mixture of water and Sunlight Soap in a dolly tub.
At least it was in these parts. Different English usage, I suspect.
In my day...