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名詞

pinky toe (複数形 pinky toes)

1. (anatomy, informal) The smallest, outermost toe on human feet.
   • 1972, Mano, D. Keith, The Proselytizer, page 102:

     […] Esther hobbled, blowing gasps of pain, her pinky toe stubbed.

   • 1984, James Howard Kunstler, Blood Sostice, page 4:

     One of these visits included a winter Camping trip I dreamed up, which turned into a minor disaster for me because I caught frostbite and had to have my right pinky toe amputated two weeks later.

   • 1994 June 15, Congressional record, page 12927:

     Over the next six days I had three more operations. The last one lasting 12 hours. The doctors had used my stomach muscle to replace the lost foot tissue. They sewed the blood vessels together. They also moved the pinky toe to the place of my missing fourth toe.

   Synonym: little toe