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heeltap

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From heel + tap.

noun heeltaps

  1. A piece or wedge that raises the heel of a shoe.
  2. dated A small amount of (especially alcoholic) drink remaining at the bottom of a glass. A heeltap! a heeltap! I never could bear it! So fill me a bumper, a bumper of Claret! Let the bottle pass freely, don't shirk it nor spare it, For a heeltap! a heeltap! I never could bear it.

verb heeltaps · heeltapping · heeltapped

  1. transitive To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.).

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"heeltap." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/heeltap. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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heeltap. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/heeltap

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"heeltap." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/heeltap.

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@misc{heeltap_2026,
  title = {heeltap},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heeltap},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}