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Heeler
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noun
Heeler
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."
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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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Heeler
, s. One who hides or covers. Hence the very common expression, The healer is as bad as the stealer; that is, the receiver is as bad as
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— The Dialect of the West of England Particularly Somersetshire • James Jennings
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