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A-tiptoe

adj, adv

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of atiptoe. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of atiptoe. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "Our impatient friend scrambled, with some difficulty, on the top of the bench intended for his seat; and there, "paining himself to stand a-tiptoe," like [Geoffrey] Chaucer's gallant Sir Chaunticlere, he challenged the notice of the audience as he stood bowing and claiming acquaintance of his namesake, Sir Geoffrey the larger, with whose shoulders, notwithstanding his elevated situation, he was scarcely yet upon a level."

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