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well-heeled

adj

Etymology

Originally American English, from a literal use in cockfighting: a well-heeled cock was provided with sharp spurs and could inflict maximum damage. From this developed the American frontier slang sense of being well-equipped, and thence the modern sense of being well supplied with money.

Definitions

  1. Affluent, prosperous, or even (of the highest degree) rich.

    • Near-synonyms: well-endowed, wealthy; see also Thesaurus:wealthy
    • But their number had fallen off since the militants and the riots and it was mostly well-heeled blacks who got out of cabs and expensive cars tonight in front of the canopied entrance.
    • On Professor Solanka’s street, well-heeled white youths lounged in baggy garments on roseate stoops, stylishly simulating indigence while they waited for the billionairedom that would surely be along sometime soon.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA