beetle-crusher

English

Noun

beetle-crusher (plural beetle-crushers)

  1. (dated, Britain) A large, flat foot
    • 1903, M. F. Hutchinson, Princess Kiku, Dick & Fitzgerald, New York, page 11:
      "Think of Arthur, his height! And those great beetle-crushers!"

References
  • E. Cobham Brewer. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
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