feather-heeled

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English

Adjective

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

  1. (colloquial, archaic) nimble; frolicsome.
    Synonym: light-heeled
    • 1840, Thomas Hood, Up the Rine:
      The wit of the Germans is not feather-heeled; their humor is somewhat sedate

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