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club foot
noun
, Furniture.
- a knoblike foot formed from the end of a cabriole leg as a continuation of its lines: less flat than a pad foot but otherwise similar.
club foot
noun
- a congenital deformity of the foot, esp one in which the foot is twisted so that most of the weight rests on the heel Technical nametalipes
- a foot so deformed
- nautical a boom attached to the foot of a jib
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Derived Forms
- ˌclub-ˈfooted, adjective
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Example Sentences
The abnormality of club-foot may be pointed to as a reversion to the shape of the foot in the anthropoid apes.
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Common illustrations of such deforming developmental accidents are harelip, cleft palate, and club foot.
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He drew his club-foot a little further back; Felix seemed to be looking at it absently.
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"Make room there," the waiter called to the vagrants, giving the sleeping Jungel a push with his club foot.
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His grim face, white and rigid, and his big club foot hanging pathetically from those black arms, could not be mistaken.
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