Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having that structure of the feet which characterizes pigeons; peristeropod: said of gallinaceous birds. The pigeon-toed fowl are the mound-birds or Megapodidæ of the Old World and the curassows or Cracidæ of America.
- Having the toes turned in: said of persons.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the toes turned in.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Alternative spelling of
pigeon-toed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having feet that turn inward
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Examples
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"Mr. Robert," says I, standin 'pigeontoed and flushin' up some, "you remember that message from the bridge people -- Trimble, it was signed?"
Torchy Sewell Ford 1907
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