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pettitoes

 
Dictionary: pet·ti·toes   (pĕt'ē-tōz') pronunciation
pl.n.
  1. The feet of a pig used as food.
  2. Human feet or toes, especially those of a child.

[Possibly from earlier pettytoe, offal (influenced by PETTYTOE), possibly from Old French petite oye, giblets of a goose : petite, small + oye, goose (from Late Latin auca; see ocarina).]


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