pigeon-toed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of pigeon-toed
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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“I used to try to walk pigeon-toed so I’d be more like him and all those things,” Lynch said, chuckling.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2019
Casper, his wristy stroke as effective as ever, holed for birdie from 25 feet, but Arnold, hitching his pants and assuming his pigeon-toed putting stance, drilled the eagle putt to square the match.
From Golf Digest • Mar. 20, 2019
Nivola—catnip to audiences, he’s a study in charisma—has a strong back and strong, slightly pigeon-toed legs; his Treves walks like a retired pugilist, ever alert to the possibility of danger.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 15, 2014
When we move on to the Methodist church, I spend a few minutes with one of the youngest picketers, a towheaded, slightly pigeon-toed, unsmiling six-year-old boy named Ben.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2013
The old ones are probably pinching her toes and she’ll leam to walk pigeon-toed, and then we’ll have to get her some corrective braces, on and on and on.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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