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tiptoes |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tiptoe \Tip"toe`\, n.; pl {Tiptoes}. The end or tip, of the toe. He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes]. --Chaucer. Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by --Spenser. {To be}, or {To stand}, {a tiptoe} or {on tiptoe}, to be awake or alive to anything to be roused; to be eager or alert; as to be a tiptoe with expectation.
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