You've got to fork over fifty dollars, flat down, or this child don't [= doesn't] start a peg. (H. Beecher Stowe, ‘Uncle Tom's Cabin’, ch. VIII) — Вам придется раскошелиться и выложить пятьдесят долларов наличными, в противном случае ваш покорный слуга и пальцем не пошевельнет.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.
Peg solitaire — The Princess of Soubise playing solitaire, 1697 Peg solitaire is a board game for one player involving movement of pegs on a board with holes. Some sets use marbles in a board with indentations. The game is known simply as Solitaire in the United … Wikipedia
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