"toe tag" meaning in All languages combined

See toe tag on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: toe tags [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} toe tag (plural toe tags)
  1. An identifying label attached to the toe of a deceased person, especially in a morgue. Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: toe-tag
    Sense id: en-toe_tag-en-noun-V4VZhZzh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1984 August, Joseph R. Levy, \"Movies: Revenge of Tim Metcalfe,\" Cincinnati Magazine, p. 13 (Google preview)",
          "text": "But my strangest job was picking up dead bodies for a mortuary. . . . I had to put toe tags on the bodies."
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