crow's-foot
Example Sentences
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Annabeth ran her hand along some marks on the ground - a jagged crow’s-foot shape as long as a human body.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
The Freshmen were not allowed to wear the crow's-foot, and the custom is now discontinued, although an unsuccessful attempt was made to revive it a few years ago.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
VI Here, minion, fill the steaming cup that clears The skin I will not have exposed to jeers, And rub this wrinkle vigorously until The maddening crow’s-foot wholly disappears.
From Threads of Grey and Gold by Reed, Myrtle
I crossed a crow's-foot of street-car tracks, and skirted the edge of an umbrageous park.
From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.
Look at them, you miserable old procrastinators, and then kneel down before the ancient damsels you have sneered at, even if they have the pelican gout and a crow’s-foot at the corners of their eyes!
From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)
