This explains the longevity of the classic prosthesis of the past: the hook and thepegleg.
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This turns on him when the hammer falls into his pants and gets attached to hispegleg.
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He was very poor and it is said that he was twice saved from the punishment of the treadmill due to hispegleg.
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With a long coat, mechanical parrot, andpegleg, he also upholds many old traditions of classic pirates, including walking the plank and keelhauling.
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Did people think of master mariners with peg legs and parrots on their shoulders?
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By the late 19th century, prosthetics vendors would offer peg legs as cheaper alternatives to more intricate lifelike artificial legs.
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Benches were made out of puncheons with large peg legs.
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They resemble small pouch-wearing penguins with disproportionately small bat wings and two peg legs for feet.
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He is credited as the first pirate in the modern era to have apegleg.
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