square-toes
[ skwair-tohz ]
noun(used with a singular verb)
an old-fashioned or strait-laced person.
Origin of square-toes
1First recorded in 1765–75
Words Nearby square-toes
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How to use square-toes in a sentence
But I should think Nan knows better than to marry a square-toes.
Dangerous Ages | Rose MacaulayThese short bell-topped boots were favoured, with high heels and very square toes.
Dress design | Talbot HughesI have endeavoured to sound square-toes on this subject; but he carefully avoids all explanation.
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker | Tobias SmollettHe sank into an armchair, and contemplated the square toes of his own boots for some moments.
The Slave Of The Lamp | Henry Seton MerrimanI heard ‘old Square toes,’ the navigator, tell Mr Chisholm just now.
Young Tom Bowling | J.C. Hutcheson
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