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clubfoot

[ kluhb-foot ]

noun

, plural club·feet
  1. a congenitally deformed or distorted foot.
  2. the condition of having such a foot; talipes.
  3. Also called club. Nautical. a short boom for fastening to the foot of a jib.


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Other Words From

  • clubfooted adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clubfoot1

First recorded in 1530–40; club + foot

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Example Sentences

That he was also bisexual and deformed by a clubfoot further made his life one of varying accommodations and rebellions.

Clubfoot results when short tendons or contracted tendons pull the toes inward or outward with raising of the heel.

There's only two ways to handle a man like Clubfoot Sneed: one is to kill him, and the other is to leave him alone.

"Ole Clubfoot Sneed lives up there," asserted Jimmy, pointing toward the distant ridge.

Old Counsellor Clubfoot danced when he had a fit of the gout; you have seen no such pas seul in the theatre.

He rolled and pressed them together till they formed a very small ball, and then he took off his clubfoot boot.

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