well-heeled

[wel-heeld] Origin

well-heeled

[wel-heeld]
adjective Informal.
well-off; rich.

Origin:
1895–1900
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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well-heeled
 
adj
informal rich; prosperous; wealthy

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Word Origin & History

well-heeled
1897, from well (adv.) + colloq. sense of heeled (see heel (n.)).
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well-fixed definition


and well-heeled
  1. mod.
    rich. : His father died and left him pretty well-fixed.
  2. mod.
    and well-healed. alcohol intoxicated. : You might say he is well-heeled. You might say he's dead drunk, too.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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