Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Light-heeled.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective colloq. Light-heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective colloquial, dated Light-heeled;
frisky ;frolicsome .
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Examples
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Apollo, as Perseus, as the feather-heeled Mercury, was highly applauded by the burghers of Brussels.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Apollo, as Perseus, as the feather-heeled Mercury, was highly applauded by the burghers of Brussels.
History of the United Netherlands, 1594 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Apollo, as Perseus, as the feather-heeled Mercury, was highly applauded by the burghers of Brussels.
History of the United Netherlands, 1590-99 — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Apollo, as Perseus, as the feather-heeled Mercury, was highly applauded by the burghers of Brussels.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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