pettitoes
the feet of a pig, especially used as food.
the human toes or feet, especially those of a child.
Origin of pettitoes
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How to use pettitoes in a sentence
We can not wonder that the whole connection of pettitoes, when advanced to the matron state, is entirely neglected.
It was unoccupied, save by pettitoes, the cat, who had curled himself up luxuriously in Mrs. Sanford's work-basket.
Patty's Perversities | Arlo BatesShe would wash a counterpane if pettitoes, the most dainty of cats, happened but to set one of his snowy paws upon it.
Patty's Perversities | Arlo BatesWe cannot wonder that the whole connection of pettitoes, when advanced to the matron state, is entirely neglected.
The Potiphar Papers | George William CurtisAt mother Louis', whilst they sucked the little bones of the pettitoes, they again fell to abusing the employers.
L'Assommoir | Emile Zola
British Dictionary definitions for pettitoes
/ (ˈpɛtɪˌtəʊz) /
pig's trotters, esp when used as food
Origin of pettitoes
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