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wingtip
(-tip′)
noun
- the outermost end of a wing
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- a man's shoe, esp. a brogue, of a style characterized by a decorative piece of leather over the vamp, peaked toward the tongue, with perforations on it and along the sides extending back from it
- this piece of leather
Also wing-tip
See wingtip in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also wing tip
noun- a. An often perforated shoe part that covers the toe and extends backward along the sides of the shoe from a point at the center.b. A style of shoe having such a tip.
- The tip of the wing of a bird, bat, insect, or other animal.
- The extreme edge of a wing, as of an aircraft.
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