piggy toe

noun

Pinky toe.

Meanings

nounpiggy toe (plural piggy toes)

plural piggy toes

  1. informalPinky toe.

    Tara and I didn’t share something self-conscious like that. She was flawless down to the piggy toe.

    2015, Zachary Tyler Vickers, “Karst”, in The American Reader, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2022
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    The whole entire first grade is having a kickball tournament! Only, when I practice my kicking, I stub my piggy toe so badly I can’t play.

    2006, Barbara Park, “Junie B., One-Man Band”, in Story Synopsis; a letter from Junie B., archived from the original on 10 Jan 2025

    It was during the second half of the lesson, we were learning out-straights (its this legs straight out jump thing which I will be more than happy to show you once the piggy toe heals) across the room and on my last out-straight I kicked a wooden bench that was attached to wall, hard.

    2011 September 14, Heather Foley, “Heather Hates Cardio”, in Caught in Southie, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2026

    Yes, the foot makes five-legged animals, you nit-pickers. If it bothers you, then paint around the piggy-toe to merge it into the body.

    2017, Kevin Richardson, “Fun with Paints!”, in God Save The King!, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2026

    The one thing she always did that they loved (and I continue with my great niece and nephew) was "wee wee wee all the way home" by wiggling the piggy toe then running her fingers up their legs and "home" would always be tickling their bellies.

    2021, Tina Boggs, Campfield Hickman Collier Funeral Home, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2026

Origin

Either named due to its similar pronunciation to pinky or based on the nursery rhyme "This Little Piggy", with the final line, "This little piggy went wee, wee, wee, all the way home," corresponding directly to the smallest (pinky) toe.

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piggy toe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piggy%20toe

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“piggy toe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piggy%20toe. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “piggy toe,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piggy%20toe.

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