Round-heeled

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Easily defeated; a pushover.

    "Do we really need — or want — round-heeled labor unions? Or round-heeled government regulators? Or protectionism? We have done rather well with our open and adversarial way."

  2. 2
    Sexually promiscuous; sluttish.

    "At first she had wondered what he wanted of her, when (so she had heard) plenty of round-heeled Washington girls were his at a push."

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"Do we really need — or want — round-heeled labor unions? Or round-heeled government regulators? Or protectionism? We have done rather well with our open and adversarial way."

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