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pettitoes

[ pet-ee-tohz ]

plural noun

  1. the feet of a pig, especially used as food.
  2. the human toes or feet, especially those of a child.


pettitoes

/ ˈpɛtɪˌtəʊz /

plural noun

  1. pig's trotters, esp when used as food
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pettitoes1

1545–55; plural of obsolete pettytoe offal < Middle French petite oye giblets of a goose, equivalent to petite petite + oye goose < Late Latin avica; ocarina
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pettitoes1

C16: from Old French petite oie, literally: little goose (giblets of a goose)
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Example Sentences

We can not wonder that the whole connection of Pettitoes, when advanced to the matron state, is entirely neglected.

It was unoccupied, save by Pettitoes, the cat, who had curled himself up luxuriously in Mrs. Sanford's work-basket.

She would wash a counterpane if Pettitoes, the most dainty of cats, happened but to set one of his snowy paws upon it.

We cannot wonder that the whole connection of Pettitoes, when advanced to the matron state, is entirely neglected.

At mother Louis', whilst they sucked the little bones of the pettitoes, they again fell to abusing the employers.

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