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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pettitoes¹

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

Example Sentences

One surgeon, of no inconsiderable repute, is said to have ventured the remark that Hunter’s preparations were “just as valuable as so many pig’s pettitoes”;29 and the president of the Royal Society, Sir Joseph Banks, writing in 1796, plainly expressed his disbelief as to the collection being “an object of importance to the general study of natural history, or indeed to any branch of science except to that of medicine.”

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The little Miss Pettitoes trilled in bird-like accents: 'What an adventure!' and returned to a counter spangled with their gay little purchases, for the Miss Pettitoes were twin sisters and to-morrow was their birthday.

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Sassengers and pettitoes, I suppose.

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And Alexis says, in his Dice Players— But when we had nearly come to an end of breakfast, And eaten all the ears and pettitoes.

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And he says again, in his Pannuchis or in his Wool-weavers— This meat is but half roasted, and the fragments Are wholly wasted; see this conger eel, How badly boiled; and as for the pettitoes, They now are wholly spoilt.

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