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See also:CHIROPODIST (an invented word from Gr. Xeip, See also:hand, and zroiis, See also:foot) , properly one who treats the ailments of the hands-See also:CHIROPTERA 239 and feet, or is consulted as to keeping them in See also:good See also:condition; the use of the word is now restricted, however, to the care of the toes, " manicurist " having been invented for the corresponding attentions to the fingers . The word was first introduced in 1785, by a'" corncutter " in See also:Davies See also:Street, See also:London . |
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