pigeon-toed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of pigeon-toed
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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Jayden — who had grown thickset, with curly black hair and a pigeon-toed waddle — needed new socks and sippy cups.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2022
He’s tall, but his gait is too pigeon-toed to be a stride.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 15, 2019
“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
A child’s rubber slippers lay pigeon-toed in the bright parallelogram of barred sunlight on the floor.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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