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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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†CAMEREL-HEEL'D, adj. comb. ? High-heeled, having fashionable, high heels after the style of Louis XIV.Sc. 1733 Cock-Laird iv. in Orpheus Caled. (2nd ed.) I. 54:
I man' ha'e Katlets and Patlets, and Camerel-heel'd Shoon.