thumb-toe
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From thumb + toe, perhaps a re-modelling of Middle English thombletō, thummeltō, probably from Old Norse þumaltá (“big-toe”).
Noun
[edit]thumb-toe (plural thumb-toes)
- (anatomy, nonstandard) big toe
- 2000, Louis Sachar, Super Fast, Out of Control!:
- “The thumb-toe and the pinky-toe, I think. He still has his three middle ones.” “They're not called the thumb-toe and pinkytoe,” said Stuart. “It's big toe and little toe.”