Heels (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Heels

To he laid by the heels; to be confined, or put in prison. Out at heels; worn, or diminished: his estate or affairs are out at heels. To turn up his heels; to turn up the knave of trumps at the game of all-fours.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

Hedge Whore * Heel Tap

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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