toe-jam

A form of toe jam — Dead skin and dirt that has accumulated between the digits of a foot.

Meanings

nountoe-jam (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of toe jam.

    I’ll show you who’s afraid of you, you arrogant piece of toe-jam.

    1993, Dyan Sheldon, “Leader of the Pack”, in You Can Never Go Home Again, [New York, N.Y.?]: WestWind/Troll Associates, Inc., →ISBN, page 99
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    In the dressing-room before training, the talk was always the same. […] And, who, just who, was responsible for the awful smell of toe-jam that had been there since the first time any of them had walked in the door to tog off.

    2010, Dave Hannigan, chapter 3, in Kicking On, Dublin: The O’Brien Press, →ISBN, page 21

    Scant on furniture, the living room and halls had bare walls and a slight smell of toe-jam.

    2010, J.J. Brito, “South Africa: Dolphins and Dead Men”, in The World’s Richest Busboy: A True Story of One Guy’s Unpredictable Life on the Road, [Newport Beach, Calif.]: Sundaze, →ISBN, page 103
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