Hammertoe

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of hammer toe. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "The large toes are also painfully jammed into the end of the shoe, and the front of the foot is crammed into the narrow tip, producing hammertoes and claw toes."

  2. 2
    a deformed toe which is bent in a clawlike arch wordnet

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"The large toes are also painfully jammed into the end of the shoe, and the front of the foot is crammed into the narrow tip, producing hammertoes and claw toes."

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