adj. (old).—1.  Wanton.

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  1659.  Lady Alimony, ii., 6 [DODSLEY, Old Plays (HAZLITT), 4th ed., 1875, xiv., 317].

                    Lose a LIGHT-HEELED trull—
That in my judgment’s nothing.

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  1640.  The Bride, Sig G. She a sure a LIGHT-HEELD wench.

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  1661.  DAVENPORT, The City Night-Cap, ii. 1. Who have heavier heads than they whose wives have LIGHT HEELS?

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  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. LIGHT-HEELED … a LIGHT-HEELED wench, one who is apt by the flying up of her heels, to fall flat on her back—a willing wench.

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  2.  (old).—See quot.

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  1670.  RAY, Proverbs [BOHN (1893), 47]. A LIGHT-HEEL’D mother makes a heavy-heel’d daughter. Because she doth all her work herself, and her daughter mean time sitting idle, contracts a habit of sloth. Mere pitieuse fait sa fille rogneuse—Fr. A tender mother breeds a scabby daughter.

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