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heeltap
A piece or wedge that raises the heel of a shoe.
(dated) A small amount of (especially alcoholic) drink remaining at the bottom of a glass.
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"He's a good fellow, anyway, if he is a teetotaler!" "Drink his health!" "Give him a rouser, and no heeltaps!"
We had the heeltaps of bottles as well, so that we often drank too much—a good thing, for one seemed to work faster when partially drunk.
To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.).
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