pussy-toes

pussy-toes
pus′sy-toes`
n. pl. -toes. (used with a sing. or pl. v.)
pln any of various woolly composite plants of the genus Antennaria, having small white or grayish flower heads
Etymology: 1890–95, amer.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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