pettitoes

American  

[pet-ee-tohz] / ˈpɛt iˌtoʊz /

plural noun

1. the feet of a pig, especially used as food.

2. the human toes or feet, especially those of a child.

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pettitoes British  

/ ˈpɛtɪˌtəʊz /

plural noun

1. pig's trotters, esp when used as food

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Etymology

Origin of pettitoes

1545–55; plural of obsolete pettytoe offal < Middle French petite oye giblets of a goose, equivalent to petite petite + oye goose < Late Latin avica; ocarina

Example Sentences

One surgeon, of no inconsiderable repute, is said to have ventured the remark that Hunter’s preparations were “just as valuable as so many pig’s pettitoes”;29 and the president of the Royal Society, Sir Joseph Banks, writing in 1796, plainly expressed his disbelief as to the collection being “an object of importance to the general study of natural history, or indeed to any branch of science except to that of medicine.”

From Project Gutenberg

The little Miss Pettitoes trilled in bird-like accents: 'What an adventure!' and returned to a counter spangled with their gay little purchases, for the Miss Pettitoes were twin sisters and to-morrow was their birthday.

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Sassengers and pettitoes, I suppose.

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And Axionicus says, in his Chalcis— I am making soup, Putting in well-warm'd fish, and adding to them Some scarce half-eaten fragments; and the pettitoes Of a young porker, and his ears; the which I sprinkle With savoury assafœtida; and then I make the whole into a well-flavour'd sausage, A meat most saleable.

From Project Gutenberg

And Aristophanes makes mention of the extremities of animals as forming a common dish, in his Æolosicon— And of a truth, plague take it, I have boil'd Four tender pettitoes for you for dinner.

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