square-toes

[ skwair-tohz ]

/ ˈskwɛərˌtoʊz /

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noun (used with a singular verb)

an old-fashioned or strait-laced person.

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Origin of square-toes

First recorded in 1765–75

Some longtime local acquaintances are struggling to square the man they know with the ugly associations.
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This last trip it had felt as if there were more cameras around Havana than Times Square.
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Records describe this house as 6,916 square feet, with six bedrooms and eight bathrooms.
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The international media had been waiting on Wenceslas Square since early afternoon.
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In the afternoon, about a thousand people marched in protest through the largest Prague square, with police nowhere in sight.
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The latter trod on the toes of the former, whereupon the former threatened to "kick out of the cabin" the latter.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Nowhere can be found a region capable of supporting a larger population to the square mile than Lombardy.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Then he cut away the knobs by which he climbed to it, until there was barely sufficient for his own tiny toes to rest on.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
For years his lordship was seldom seen in London, the great house in Grosvenor Square was never opened.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
She opened the door of a square room with large roses on the white wall-paper, and fine old mahogany furniture.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton