timber-toe

A sailor with a timber-toe walks steadily across the ship's deck.

Definition

Noun (informal, dated): - A person with a wooden leg: "timber-toe" is a colloquial term referring to someone who has a prosthetic leg made of wood, typically due to amputation.

Usage Examples

• (A person with a wooden leg.)
• (A character with a wooden leg.)

Advanced Usage

• As a nickname or epithet: Used informally to identify or describe a person with a wooden leg, often with a tone of familiarity or slight mockery.
  • "Watch out for timber-toe," the children whispered as the veteran walked by. (Referring to a person with a wooden leg.)

Variants and Related Words

• Timber-toes (n, plural or alternative form): The same meaning as "timber-toe," sometimes used to refer to a person with wooden legs or as a general nickname.
  • The two timber-toes played checkers on the porch. (Two people with wooden legs.)

Synonyms

• Peg leg: A wooden leg, or a person with such a leg.

  • The pirate's peg leg made a thumping sound on the floor. (A wooden leg.)

• Wooden leg: A prosthetic leg made of wood.

  • He wore a wooden leg after the accident. (A prosthetic wooden leg.)

Related Idioms

• To have a timber toe: To possess a wooden leg.
  • After the war, he had a timber toe and a medal. (He had a wooden leg.)

Phrasal Verbs

• (None directly associated with "timber-toe" as a noun; it is not used as a verb.)