well-heeled
[wel-heeld]
adjective Informal.
well-off; rich.
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Origin of well-heeled
First recorded in 1895–1900
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well-heeled
adjective (well heeled when postpositive)
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well-heeled
1897, from well (adv.) + colloquial sense of heeled (see heel (n.)).
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