timber-toes
Definition
Noun (colloquial, dated): A person with a wooden leg; a person who walks with a stiff or awkward gait, often due to a prosthetic limb.
Usage Examples
- (A person with a wooden leg.)
- (A person with a stiff or awkward gait from a prosthetic limb.)
Advanced Usage
- "to call someone timber-toes": to use this term as a nickname or taunt, often in a playful or mocking manner.
- The other workers would tease him and call him timber-toes after he lost his leg in the mill. (To refer to someone with a wooden leg.)
Variants and Related Words
- Timber-toe (n): alternative spelling of the same word.
- The old soldier walked with a limp, and the children whispered "timber-toe" as he passed. (A person with a wooden leg.)
Synonyms
- Peg leg: a person who uses a wooden leg.
- Wooden leg: a prosthetic leg made of wood.
Related Idioms
- To have a timber toe: to have a wooden leg.
- He had a timber toe from the war and could not run fast. (He had a wooden leg.)
Note on Usage
This word is considered colloquial and somewhat dated. It may be used in historical fiction or to describe characters in folk tales, but it is rarely used in modern, respectful conversation.