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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