great toe
Americannoun
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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
Fritz Kreisler, violinist: "In Berlin I convalesced after the loss of a great toe, accidentally injured while I trained Austrian troops in 1914."
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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