timber-toe

timber-toe

1. obsolete A wooden leg. The way Sophie comes banging down the stairs in that walking boot, it sounds like she's got a timber-toe!
2. obsolete By extension, someone who has a wooden leg. Is it true that our great-grandfather was a timber-toe when he came back from the war?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • bang about
  • bangin'
  • autem cackler
  • turn about
  • mot
  • autem mort
  • bang away at (someone or something)
  • bang away
  • addle
  • boat anchor