foot facelift

foot facelift
 n.— «Dr. Suzanne Levine, who operated on Richards, is known as the “foot facelift doctor.” She performs about 300 foot operations a year, a phenomenon she ascribes to the reluctance of women to accept middle age.» —“Women cut off toes to wear stilettos” by Sarah Baxter Times (London, England.) Aug. 10, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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