well-heeled

English

Etymology

From cockfighting sense, a well-heeled cock was provided with sharp spurs and could inflict maximum damage.[1] Then it came along in American frontier slang to mean that one was well-equipped.

In the modern sense, however, it means being armed with the most powerful weapon: money.

Adjective

well-heeled (comparative more well-heeled, superlative most well-heeled)

  1. rich; affluent; prosperous

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References

  1. ↑ Liebling, A. J. (1 Apr 1950), “Dead Game”, in The New Yorker‎, retrieved 2012-07-13, pages 35-45
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