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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A piece of wood secured under a dog's jaw to keep the dog's nose away from the ground so that it uses the scent in the air to track its quarry, and to prevent the dog from tearing the quarry once found.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
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Synonyms: puzzle
Antonyms: none provided
History
From puzzle (noun) or puzzle (verb) + peg (noun).
