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toe-crushing en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (slang) That crushes the toe or toes. ▸ Of a delivery: directed at the feet of the facing batsman.
  2. That crushes the toe or toes. ▸ Of footwear: that does not have enough room for the toes.
    • Nasty unpolished toe-crushing boots are equally acceptable, but don't let anyone see you wearing neat woolly knee-socks. 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 62:

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most toe-crushing Degree=Sup lexicographic
more toe-crushing Degree=Cmp lexicographic

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toe-crusher

toe-crushing en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A failure of a brick wall in which the bricks at one lower end crack and crumble.