2. Noun. High-heeled shoes. ¹
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Definition of Heels
1. heel [v] - See also: heel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heels
Literary usage of Heels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"If Mr. Hartright returns to England, hold no communication with him. l walk, on
a path of my own ; and Percival follows at my heels. ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1898)
"... European Diplomacies heels-over-head To expectant mankind, especially to Vienna
and Versailles, this Britannic-Prussian Treaty was a great surprise. ..."
3. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"... or tumble heels-over-head in the Political relations of Europe altogether,
which ensued thereupon; miraculous, almost as the Earthquake at Lisbon, ..."
4. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"... European Diplomacies heels-over-head To expectant mankind, especially to Vienna
and Versailles, this Britannic-Prussian Treaty was a great surprise. ..."
5. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"... Counter-Treaty going on at Versailles, in the Interim; which hereupon starts
out, and tumbles the wholly astonished European Diplomacies heels-overhead. ..."
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