Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural The feet of a pig used as food.
- noun plural Informal Human feet or toes, especially those of a child.
from The Century Dictionary.
- The toes or feet of a pig: sometimes jocularly used for the human feet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural The toes or feet of a pig, -- often used as food; sometimes, in contempt, the human feet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
toes orfeet of apig , often used asfood .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To the great relief of Mrs. Sanders, Sam was allowed to depart without any reference, on the part of the hostess, to the pettitoes and toasted cheese; to which the ladies, with such juvenile assistance as Master
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There, negroes and negresses break it up with long poles armed with hard-wood head, trampling it under their delicate pettitoes to such an extent as to give rise to the question whether sugar-tongs are not a useless invention.
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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Suffice it, as a specimen, that three pettitoes of an unfortunate roasting-pig, or rather pigling, which I fear must have died a natural death, formed the most substantial part of our repast.
Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 John Hughes
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It is a most unworthy thing for men that have bones in them to spend their lives in making fiddle-cases for futilous women's fancies; which are the very pettitoes of infirmity, the giblets of perquisquilian toys ....
Woman's Life in Colonial Days Carl Holliday
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_ _My clown_ (who wants but something to be a reasonable man) grew so in love with the wenches '_song_, that he would not stir his pettitoes, _till he had both tune and words_.
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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Next, he calls the women's tailor-made gowns "the very pettitoes of infirmity, the giblets of perquisquilian toys."
History of American Literature Reuben Post Halleck 1897
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At mother Louis ', whilst they sucked the little bones of the pettitoes, they again fell to abusing the employers.
L'Assommoir ��mile Zola 1871
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Drink-without-Thirst, was no doubt in want of some pettitoes.
L'Assommoir ��mile Zola 1871
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Pieds de cochon à la Sainte Menehould, pig's pettitoes seasoned,
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Put the liver, heart, and pettitoes into a stewpan with the bacon, mace, peppercorns, thyme, onion, and gravy, and simmer these gently for 1/4 hour; then take out the heart and liver, and mince them very fine.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
she commented on the word pettitoes
Cooked pig's-hoof!
July 7, 2008
reesetee commented on the word pettitoes
See also pettitoe.
September 11, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word pettitoes
Usage/historical note in comment on quelquechose.
January 11, 2017