"pedipulation" meaning in All languages combined

See pedipulation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: pedipulations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} pedipulation (usually uncountable, plural pedipulations)
  1. (uncountable, rare) Dexterous manipulation of objects using the feet. Tags: rare, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-pedipulation-en-noun-MRm9UCY4
  2. (countable, rare) An instance of such manipulation. Tags: countable, rare, usually
    Sense id: en-pedipulation-en-noun-7a4FI46b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pedipulate, pedipulator

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1853 Jan. to June, \"Notes upon Australia,\" The British Journal, p. 315 (Google preview)",
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          "ref": "1908, Henry Sturmey, H. Walter Staner, The Autocar: A Journal Published in the Interests of the Mechanically Propelled Road Carriage, volume 20, page 306",
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          "ref": "1944 March 1, Walter Monfried, “The Player Piano Is a Dead as Salt Mackerel, They Say, but Wait”, in The Milwaukee Journal, retrieved 2013-09-23",
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          "ref": "1908, Henry Sturmey, H. Walter Staner, The Autocar: A Journal Published in the Interests of the Mechanically Propelled Road Carriage, volume 20, page 306",
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