well-heeled
well-off; rich.
Origin of well-heeled
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How to use well-heeled in a sentence
Plus it is clear that plastic surgery is a gateway drug for those both so inclined and so well-heeled.
Enter the Taj Group, with its astute understanding of the needs of the well-heeled and the well-traveled.
I immediately recognize one of them as a college classmate, a nice Jewish boy from a well-heeled New England suburb.
And The Escort of The Year Is… Backstage at The Sex Oscars | Scott Bixby | March 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of those votes belonged to Justice Lewis Powell, a well-heeled, patrician justice from Virginia appointed by Richard Nixon.
The Sodomy Case That May Sway Justice Kennedy’s Same-Sex Marriage Vote | Adam Winkler | March 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is a sensible thing to do, even for the most sophisticated and well-heeled of donors.
I was fairly well-heeled, having just finished guiding a couple of Centaurian tourists through the ruins of K'nar.
Noble Redman | Jesse Franklin BoneEverybody knew that the parson was always well heeled, and no one questioned his courage.
A Waif of the Mountains | Edward S. EllisIn one sense of the word it is supposed he is well-heeled, although in another sense it is certain he is very badly heeled.
Company K, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry | Andrew BrownLook out how you criticise those other fellow-freedmen-friends of his, they're all well heeled.
The Satyricon, Complete | Petronius ArbiterThe reason thet outlaws gather round him an' stick is because he's a safe refuge, an' then he's well heeled.
The Lone Star Ranger | Zane Grey
British Dictionary definitions for well-heeled
informal rich; prosperous; wealthy
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