This week’s theme
Shoes

This week’s words
suede-shoed
saboteur
well-heeled
sneakernet
boot-faced

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PRONUNCIATION:

(wel-HEELD)

MEANING:

adjective: Having plenty of money.

ETYMOLOGY:

Alluding to a person who can easily afford to replace shoes often. Earliest documented use: 1871. The opposite is down-at-the-heel.

USAGE:

“Italy insisted on a carve-out for luxury goods in the EU’s [sanctions on Russia], lest well-heeled Muscovites go without their Gucci.”
The Economic Weapon; The Economist (London, UK); Mar 5, 2022.

See more usage examples of well-heeled in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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