large toe

Noun

large toe (plural large toes)

1. Synonym of big toe.
   • 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.1979 February 14, Jane E[llen] Brody, “Personal Health”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2018
   • A litany of horrors followed. Most of the left arm, amputated. Middle finger of the right hand, large toe of the left foot, both amputated.2000 June 16, Mike Downey, “Burned Reporter’s Bravery Is Story Worth Telling”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...

   Synonyms:

   big toe

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see large, toe.
   • The first time they meet, he delicately touches his prey, surveying the surface of her body, from her incipient pubic hair to her unnaturally large toes.2004 October 26, Ilan Stavans, “Love: ageless in its power”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2025