squaretoes
nounEtymology From square + toes.
1
Dated, Derogatory, Humorous A stuffy or precise person.
- Josephus is a Squaretoes. I hate a man who won't drink.1882, Walter Besant, All Sorts and Conditions of Men:
- In these days, it is so seldom that a squaretoes like that obtains the advantage over one of us!1846, Catherine Grace F. Gore, Men of capital, page 43:
- Related terms
- square-toed