crow's-foot
Example Sentences
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"It will be noticed, for it isn't avoidable," Capote wrote, "how often he emphasizes the elderly; and, even among the just middle-aged, unrelentingly tracks down every hard-earned crow's foot."
From Salon • Jan. 16, 2023
They would thrust into the dish a hand as small as a crow's foot and withdraw it looking as big as a camel's hoof.
From Khaled, A Tale of Arabia by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
With this solution I filled the jar almost to the top and then hung over the edge a sort of a crow’s foot shape of cast zinc.
From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John
They are like our crow's foot, horseshoe, pigtail, fleur-de-lys, diamond, spade, wavy, broken—metaphorically or directly descriptive.
From Mohave Pottery by Harner, Michaell J.
A crow’s foot had been painted at the corner of each eye, and a line drawn from the nose to the corners of the lips.
From By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson by Rainey, W. (William)
