toe-crushing

noun, adj — 3 senses

toe-crushing

noun
1

Business, Construction, Manufacturing A failure of a brick wall in which the bricks at one lower end crack and crumble.

toe-crushing

adj

› That crushes the toe or toes.

1

Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Slang Of a delivery: directed at the feet of the facing batsman.

2

Of footwear: that does not have enough room for the toes.

  • Nasty unpolished toe-crushing boots are equally acceptable, but don't let anyone see you wearing neat woolly knee-socks.1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 62:
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toe-crusher

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