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pedoscope|ˈpɛdəskəʊp|
Also pediscope.
[f. pedi- (erron. pedo-) + -scope.]
An X-ray machine for showing the fitting and movement of the feet inside shoes (formerly common in shoe shops).
1923Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 560/1 The machine used is called the pedoscope. 1959Times 30 Apr. 6/5 The use of pedoscopes, although frowned on by The Medical Research Council, was not diminishing. 1967Punch 22 Nov. 792/3 In one of the earliest scenes Harry, given a vacuum flask to smuggle to Helsinki, finds out what is inside by putting it under the X-ray of a shoe-shop's pediscope. |