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footmeal

footmeal

English

Adverb

footmeal ‎(not comparable)

  1. Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time.
    • 2001, Arnold Klein, Rangefinder & Powderhorn:
      Grandees must covet condos, since they let bids rip, And "spaces" measured footmeal now reach record tops.

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Etymology

From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum ‎(“step by step, by degrees”), dative plural of fōtmǣl ‎(“a foot-measure, one foot”), equivalent to foot +‎ -meal.

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