peg away

I just put my head, to work, pegged away, a couple of days, and here you are!

I'd get up pretty late mornings and peg away at my Spanish books.

So I will stay here and peg away as long as it lasts.

They pegged away in silence for some time.

If I peg away for some weeks without a break I am safe.

I see you pegging away at your books, no, I mean studying hard."

"Heaven grant that they may be of a kind sufficiently noxious for the doctor to let me peg away at them!"

The only thing is to peg away.

I keep pegging away, but it don't seem to do much good;" and Dan looked discouraged.

He didn't argue, just stepped up close to the other vamp and started pegging away at it.

He pegs away obsessively at his barn, generally locating it off-center.

But he could not peg away.

Such a much more attractive way of earning a living thaOn just pegging away at a job.

Peg away, and I'll send for you as soon as I have a roof to cover you.

His machineries are pegging away too.

They couldn't mean a police car, for they weren't accompanied by a siren, nor were guns pegging away.

In my section I had one of my local heroes, Tony Scott, about four or five pegs away.

Haynes edged to slip and, even though the luck went against them, the South African attack, based purely on pace, kept pegging away.

Night and day you can find him pegging away at Smith, panting with his labor, sleeves rolled up, countenance all alive with enjoyment.

Why should a grandson and grandfather peg away at each other with mutual wiolence when all might be bliss and concord.

'Pegging away at her Greek, I suppose.

But I am going to peg away with this novel, and if by any chance it should get published - well, you're to go shares in the boodle!'

'Peg away, Bob,' said Mr. Allen, to his companion, encouragingly.

A half-dozen escaping Nasat skittered over her on their way to a rooftop, only a few pegs away from Pattie.

But Wasps pegged away and when Ashurst was careless with his feet, Pilgrim kicked the penalty goal.