light-heeled

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Synonyms: light heeled, light-headed, high-heeled

Antonyms: light heeled, light-headed, high-heeled

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Adjective

1. {{lb|en|archaic}} [[nimble|Nimble]] or [[lively]] in walking or running; [[swift]] of foot.
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Of [[loose]] character; not [[chaste]]; [[immoral]]. {{n-g|Literally, as if by the flying up of the heels, one is apt to fall flat on their back.}}<ref>{{cite-book|en|year=1796|author=Francis Grose|title=A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue|edition=3rd|location=London|publisher=Hooper & Co.|entry=Light-heeled|entryurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=UadWAAAAcAAJ&dq=light-heeled&pg=PP152|passage=A light-heeled wench; one who is apt, by the flying up of her heels, to fall flat on her back, a willing wench.}}</ref>

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