heel breast

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the forward side of the heel, adjoining the shank of a shoe.

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First recorded in 1920–25

His goal: to make the perfect (and absolutely comfortable) high-heel, with the help from Nike CEO Mark Parker.
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The high heel has gone through endless aesthetic changes throughout the years.
The Coolest Fashion Innovations of 2014|Raquel Laneri|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He tore a piece of meat off the breast and stroked her coat while she ate.
The Stacks: A Chicken Dinner That Mends Your Heart|Pete Dexter|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My girlfriend, Barbara, came to visit me and exposed her breast through the window.
The Unbelievable (True) Story of the World’s Most Infamous Hash Smuggler|Marlow Stern|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Acts of violence include death by hanging, rifle butt, boot heel, tank tracks and fireball.
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The left heel followed like lightning, and the right paw also slipped, letting the bear again fall heavily on the ice below.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
"Here's my authority, yuh blasted runt," he yelled, and jerked his six-shooter to a level with the policeman's breast.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
It is something which takes side in the child's breast with the reasonable governor and the laws which he or she administers.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Alessandro walked at the horses' heads, his face sunk on his breast, his eyes fixed on the ground.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
We laid him down gently, folded his arms on his breast, and for a moment held our peace in tribute to his passing.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair