Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An often perforated shoe part that covers the toe and extends backward along the sides of the shoe from a point at the center.
- noun A style of shoe having such a tip.
- noun The tip of a wing, as of a flying animal or an aircraft.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
extreme tip of thewing of anaircraft orbird - noun A part of a
shoe , often withbrogueing that extendsbackwards on both sides from thetoe
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Examples
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In this shot you can see the white underside of one of the ray's wingtips (I know "wingtip" is probably not the right term, but ichthyology is not something I'm up on.)
November 2006 2006
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It was a change from the Doc Martens and Creepers that were popular during that time and his wingtip, oxford, and cap toe offered something new, more refined.
Joy Yoon: The Well-Honed Craft of George Esquivel (PHOTOS) Joy Yoon 2010
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It was a change from the Doc Martens and Creepers that were popular during that time and his wingtip, oxford, and cap toe offered something new, more refined.
Joy Yoon: The Well-Honed Craft of George Esquivel (PHOTOS) Joy Yoon 2010
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It was a change from the Doc Martens and Creepers that were popular during that time and his wingtip, oxford, and cap toe offered something new, more refined.
Joy Yoon: The Well-Honed Craft of George Esquivel (PHOTOS) Joy Yoon 2010
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It was a change from the Doc Martens and Creepers that were popular during that time and his wingtip, oxford, and cap toe offered something new, more refined.
Joy Yoon: The Well-Honed Craft of George Esquivel (PHOTOS) Joy Yoon 2010
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It was a change from the Doc Martens and Creepers that were popular during that time and his wingtip, oxford, and cap toe offered something new, more refined.
Joy Yoon: The Well-Honed Craft of George Esquivel (PHOTOS) Joy Yoon 2010
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For shoes, a wingtip, rather than a slip-on, which would be more day and casual, he says.
Ace the School Reunion Ray A. Smith 2011
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It was a change from the Doc Martens and Creepers that were popular during that time and his wingtip, oxford, and cap toe offered something new, more refined.
Joy Yoon: The Well-Honed Craft of George Esquivel (PHOTOS) Joy Yoon 2010
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They were all lined up wingtip to wingtip just asking to be ttrashed.
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It was a change from the Doc Martens and Creepers that were popular during that time and his wingtip, oxford, and cap toe offered something new, more refined.
Joy Yoon: The Well-Honed Craft of George Esquivel (PHOTOS) Joy Yoon 2010
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