club foot
Americannoun
noun
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Technical name: talipes. a congenital deformity of the foot, esp one in which the foot is twisted so that most of the weight rests on the heel
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a foot so deformed
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nautical a boom attached to the foot of a jib
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That difference in size is the only remaining sign that he once had a club foot.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
His baby was born with a club foot, and the government-funded resettlement agency could not help get him an appointment in Charlotte for months.
From Fox News ● Jan. 18, 2022
Stevens was born in Vermont into dire poverty and suffered from club foot that required him to use a cane.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2021
That element of the law has been interpreted by some as meaning terminations could be carried out with no time limit, in cases of Down's syndrome, cleft palate or club foot.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2020
But there comes Cappadox with his club foot; he at least is not bewitched.
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 by Dahn, Felix
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