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great toe

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noun

Anatomy.
  1. big toe.


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Pelicans: F Brandon Ingram missed his 19th straight game because of a left great toe contusion.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2023

Mariners: RHP Brandon Brennan started the sixth inning for the Mariners, but left with pain in his left great toe after throwing two pitches.

From Washington Times • Aug. 13, 2019

Couturier’s subsequent breakaway was thwarted only by a great toe save by Jack Campbell, the winning goalie in the 2010 world junior final in Saskatoon.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2011

Therefore when her petite and tearful mother, Elizabeth, Duchess of York, bent over Princess Elizabeth to say goodbye, last week, the royal infant was concentrating upon an effort to suck her left great toe.

From Time Magazine Archive

He goes on: “The great toe is the sixth part of the foot.… When the arm is bent, the fleshy part shrinks to two-thirds of its length.…”

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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