surgical boot
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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That was at the end of March but with her surgical boot wrapped up in a waterproof covering, Ormerod is hobbling around on crutches in the snow at Cairngorm Mountain, in the Scottish Highlands.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2023
She also wore a surgical boot, just as husband Wayne did when he broke his metatarsal before the 2006 World Cup - the tournament when the "Wags" first burst onto the scene.
From BBC • May 19, 2022
There was plenty of nursing work that could be done just as well in a surgical boot as in a shoe.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2019
She arrived on stage wearing a surgical boot which she explained in an anecdote neither interesting nor uninteresting, just ambiently pleasant to listen to, like cicadas.
From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2017
Watching his "clumsy horror, the surgical boot, the clubfoot," she decides that he is the Devil.
From Time Magazine Archive
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