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Heeler
noun, slang
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Noun
- 1 A gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs.
- 2 A quick runner.
"That a crowd of Sydney stealers, Jockeys, pugilists and spielers Brought some horses, real heelers, Came and put us through."
- 3 A dog that readily comes to heel.
"If your dog is a good heeler, you'll find some competition in the obedience ring."
- 4 A dog used for cattle droving. Australia
"[A] blue roan, a kind of dog that Jennifer had never seen before. She asked Tim what it was, and he said it was a "heeler", but when she pressed him to say if that was a breed or not, he could not tell her. It was a heeler because it went for the heels of the cattle and not their heads, apparently."
- 5 A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron. US, dated, slang
"The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding."
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- 6 The rodeo performer who ropes the steer by its hind feet after the header has turned it.
- 7 A student journalist at Yale University. US
Etymology
From heel + -er.
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