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From Luke's crash into the stairs to Greg's falling through the floor to me stubbing my little toe on the glider.—
Julia Emmanuele,
PEOPLE,
16 Dec. 2025 Children have always dipped their little toes into beauty purely for fun or fascination’s sake—so why, exactly, did the launch of Shay Mitchell’s Rini cause an internet meltdown?—
Susan Akyeampong,
Allure,
21 Nov. 2025 Bunions were forming on the sides of my feet, and my little toes were starting to scrunch into claws, or hammer toes.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Outside Online,
8 Jan. 2025 Two days into his first training camp, Adams had a broken foot, an injury that required surgery to insert a screw in the long bone on the outside of the foot that connects to the little toe.—
Mark Inabinett | [email protected],
al,
15 Mar. 2022
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of little toe was
before the 12th century