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On one such program I watched a young man win £2435 for correctly linking their pictorial representations with the following "catchphrases": high society; pushing up daisies; get it under control; picking up the pieces; daddy longlegs; pigeon-toed; skeleton in the cupboard; Big Ben; on the other hand; square meal; double-decker sandwich; dog-eared; elbow-room; scuba diving; and lay (!) in bed.

—VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 2

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adjective Having the toes turned inward.

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On one such program I watched a young man win £2435 for correctly linking their pictorial representations with the following "catchphrases": high society; pushing up daisies; get it under control; picking up the pieces; daddy longlegs; pigeon-toed; skeleton in the cupboard; Big Ben; on the other hand; square meal; double-decker sandwich; dog-eared; elbow-room; scuba diving; and lay (!) in bed. — VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 2
And he found himself wondering if the child he was studying through the lens liked music, if she hated broccoli, refused to eat mushrooms, walked pigeon-toed, read the Narnia books, rode a bicycle, had ever broken a bone. — In the Presence of the Enemy
He was perhaps forty, as big as I was, but leaner, and he walked with a smooth, pigeon-toed stride, like a great slim cat. — Flashman And The Tiger
It was all as Wilnice had described, like a promise kept: the loose happi coat, the nakedness, skin like silk, hairless, smooth, without a mark, pigeon-toed in the red clogs. — Beard
Her buttocks upraised, her feet parted and slightly pigeon-toed, she seemed to be lamenting in a posture of submission. — Beard