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Definition of Pigeon toes
1. Noun. Disability in which the toes are turned inward; often associated with knock-knee.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigeon Toes
Literary usage of Pigeon toes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Limeratomy: A Compendium of Universal Knowledge for the More Perfect by Anthony Henderson Euwer (1917)
"... pigeon toes Said a pigeon-toed maiden named Mame, " Do you know that ...
pigeon-toes came Just from great gulps and gobs Of squabs upon squabs! ..."
2. Orthopedic Surgery for Practitioners by Henry Ling Taylor, Charles Ogilvy, Fred Houdlett Albee (1909)
"There is no real static varus or equino-varus, except possibly in barefooted
primitives, the condition popularly known as pigeon-toes being usually a ..."
3. The Gospel in All Lands by Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church (1893)
"From (lie ornaments rare In their glossy black hair To the clogs on their dear
pigeon toes. I» olden times the women of the better class in Japan lived in ..."
4. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"Now friends quizzed my pigeon-toes and pigeon- chest, That is my pigeon-tailed
coat, padded full at the breast,. They should take me to be a great girl in ..."
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