Meanings
nounthumb-toe (plural thumb-toes)
plural thumb-toes
- nonstandardanatomybig toe
“The thumb-toe and the pinky-toe, I think. He still has his three middle ones.” “They're not called the thumb-toe and pinkytoe,” said Stuart. “It's big toe and little toe.”
2000, Louis Sachar, Super Fast, Out of Control!
Origin
- Old Norseþumaltá“big-toe”
- Middle Englishthombletō
- Englishthumb-toe
From thumb + toe, perhaps a re-modelling of Middle English thombletō, thummeltō, probably from Old Norse þumaltá (“big-toe”).
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thumb-toe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thumb-toe
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Chicago
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