HEELER

Etymology

Noun

heeler (plural heelers)

A gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs.

A quick runner.

A dog that readily comes to heel.

(US, slang, politics, dated) A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.

The Century

The rodeo performer who ropes the steer by its hind feet after the header has turned it.

Anagrams

• reheel

Source: Wiktionary


Heel"er, n.

1. A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.

2. A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron. [Political Cant, U. S.] The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding. The Century.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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