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pettitoes en · NOUN

Etymology

From petty + toes.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, plural, plural-only) pig's trotter, especially as food.
    • The two caps, reflected on the window-blind, were the respective head-dresses of a couple of Mrs. Bardell's most particular acquaintance, who had just stepped in, to have a quiet cup of tea, and a little warm supper of a couple of sets of pettitoes and some toasted cheese. The cheese was simmering and browning away, most delightfully, in a little Dutch oven before the fire; the pettitoes were getting on deliciously in a little tin saucepan on the hob 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “Which Contains a Brief Account of the Progress of the Action of Bardell Against Pickwick”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC: