pettitoes

English

Etymology

petty +‎ toes

Noun

pettitoes pl (plural only)

1. (archaic) pig's trotter, especially as food.
   • 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “Which Contains a Brief Account of the Progress of the Action of Bardell Against Pickwick”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:

     The two caps, reflected on the window-blind, were the respective head-dresses of a couple of Mrs. Bardell's most particular acquaintance, who had just stepped in, to have a quiet cup of tea, and a little warm supper of a couple of sets of pettitoes and some toasted cheese. The cheese was simmering and browning away, most delightfully, in a little Dutch oven before the fire; the pettitoes were getting on deliciously in a little tin saucepan on the hob

References

• “pettitoes”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.