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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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