Hypertext Webster Gateway: "heeler"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Heeler \Heel"er\, n.
1. A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.
2. A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political
patron. [Political Cant, U. S.]
The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding.
--The Century.
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