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twinkle toes

[twing-kuhl tohz] / ˈtwɪŋ kəl ˌtoʊz /


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Nick Mohammed turned out to be something of a twinkle toes, making it through with relative ease.

From BBC Oct. 30, 2025

The story unwinds with histrionics and homilies, jazz hands and twinkle toes, overly busy camerawork and hookless lung bursters.

From New York Times Dec. 10, 2020

Bowen showed twinkle toes to cut Leeds to ribbons at the back and then converted his own score to fire Wigan ahead.

From BBC Oct. 9, 2015

It’s likely your son’s classmates will love his twinkle toes.

From Slate May 19, 2015

Everyone agreed that he could pass, but he was no twinkle toes as a runner, and when the 49ers shifted to a ground game last year, he was traded to the Giants.

From Time Magazine Archive




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