adjective
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having a heel or heels
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( in combination )
high-heeled
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wealthy
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of heeled
Example Sentences
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It did, however, feature a piano riff from Hayes in Precious, Precious, that sounds as if it could have inspired the classic one in Traffic’s Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.
From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2018
Heeled boots, studded with glitter, have begun to moult in the autumn damp; wherever Adele settles around the room she leaves behind traces of sparkle.
From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2015
The head of the oil lobby was Wirt Franklin, able Oklahoma oil producer, President of the A. I. P. A. Heeled with a $50,000 fund, he began to operate in Washington a month ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Flowers of the clematis drip in beard, Slack from the fir-tree youngly climbed; Chaplets in air, flies foliage seared; Heeled upon earth, lie clusters rimed.
From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George
Heeled shoes will soon ruin a court, and it is bad practice even to allow any one to walk over a court unless with proper footwear.
From Outdoor Sports and Games by Miller, Claude H.
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