Other Word Forms
- 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
Her life has been marked by the stigma of clubfoot, and she wipes away tears as she recalls her childhood.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2022
Senegal has been a relatively late adopter of Ponseti - a pioneering method of correcting clubfoot named after the Spanish doctor who invented it - compared with some other African countries.
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
He has a clubfoot like Byron, which was why he hadn’t joined up.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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