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Definition of Tiptoeing
1. tiptoe [v] - See also: tiptoe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tiptoeing
Literary usage of Tiptoeing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women by Elbert Hubbard (1897)
"And the last I remember was a vision of a grey-robed priest tiptoeing across ...
his throwing over me a heavy blanket and then hastily tiptoeing out again. ..."
2. Quabbin: The Story of a Small Town with Outlooks Upon Puritan Life by Francis Henry Underwood (1893)
"The girls will take their two parts, and I can sing the tenor by tiptoeing a
little." With slow and even time that noble tune, based upon an ancient choral, ..."
3. The Writings of Mark Twain by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1899)
"WE went tiptoeing along a path amongst the trees back toward the end of the widow's
... He listened some more; then he come tiptoeing down and stood right ..."
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