Poke Italian's toe (5)

I believe the answer is:

digit

'toe' is the definition.
(digit on a foot)

'poke italian's' is the wordplay.
'poke' becomes 'dig' (synonyms).
'italian' becomes 'it' (abbreviation for Italian).
'dig'+'it'='DIGIT'

(Other definitions for digit that I've seen before include "zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine" , "one's given?" , "E.g. toe" , "Finger; number" , "A small number" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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