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- clubfooted adjective
Etymology
Origin of clubfoot
Example Sentences
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One girl with clubfoot, a congenital deformity, who was desperate for orthotic shoes.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2023
In most cases, the exact causes of congenital clubfoot are still not well understood, although boys are twice as likely than girls to be born with it.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2022
Rosalind Owen of the Global Clubfoot Initiative, who has studied the perception of clubfoot in Africa, says that in traditional communities there are "huge problems with stigma".
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2022
Larys, who walks with a limp because of a clubfoot, falls into this trope, his compensating strength being a gift for collecting court secrets.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2022
Its low-slung body is covered with thick reddish-brown hair, as are its five legs, each of which ends in a clubfoot.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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