Definitions

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  • adjective Having decorative feet that resemble claws.

Etymologies

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claw +‎ footed

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Examples

  • She pushes up the lid of the toilet tank and plunges her hand into the tank, its rusty H2O, and the lid, which is so heavy, slips sideways, hits the lip of the clawfooted bathtub, crashes to the floor, where it actually breaks clean in two.

    Rick Moody: The Diviners (Excerpt) 2008

  • a curious little clawfooted table worth to-day its weight in gold if only it could have survived.

    Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims 1862

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