pettitoes
Americanplural noun
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the feet of a pig, especially used as food.
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the human toes or feet, especially those of a child.
plural noun
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; see ocarina
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Next, he calls the women's tailor-made gowns "the very pettitoes of infirmity, the giblets of perquisquilian toys."
From History of American Literature by Reuben Post Halleck
At mother Louis', whilst they sucked the little bones of the pettitoes, they again fell to abusing the employers.
From L'Assommoir by Émile Zola
Suffice it, as a specimen, that three pettitoes of an unfortunate roasting-pig, or rather pigling, which I fear must have died a natural death, formed the most substantial part of our repast.
From Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 by John Hughes
And in his Gerytades he says— Pig's pettitoes, and bread, and crabs.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
Pigs' pettitoes, ribs of beef, paunch and pregnant womb of sow, fried liver lobe, garlic paste, sauce piquante, mayonnaise, and so on; pastry, ramequins, and honey-cakes.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler
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