heeler
Noun
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Noun
heeler (plural heelers)
- A gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs.
- A quick runner.
- 1891, Banjo Paterson, An Evening in Dandaloo
- That a crowd of Sydney stealers,
- Jockeys, pugilists and spielers
- Brought some horses, real heelers,
- Came and put us through.
- 1891, Banjo Paterson, An Evening in Dandaloo
- A dog that readily comes to heel.
- 1999, Ted Baer, Communicating with Your Dog: A Humane Approach to Dog Training
- If your dog is a good heeler, you'll find some competition in the obedience ring.
- 1999, Ted Baer, Communicating with Your Dog: A Humane Approach to Dog Training
- (US, slang, politics, dated) A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.
- The Century
- The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding.
- The Century
- The rodeo performer who ropes the steer by its hind feet after the header has turned it.
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