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roundheels en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From round + heels.

Meanings

1. (slang) A sexually promiscuous woman.
   • […] “His wife was a roundheels anyway—” “Darling.” She took him by the braid-edged lapels. “Won’t you watch your language a little for the duration? I know Grannie’s horrified sometimes.” “Grannie wouldn’t know what a roundheels means,” Bruno said hoarsely. 2001, Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=MnskPAqeLPEC&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&sig=cf5GjtBSOx43JWMQbY48g0ggCmk
   • But now she ignored the display, nodded attentively, and tried to sound smart but not too smart, agreeable but not a total pushover, and—when Emilio flirted—appropriately slutty but not a complete roundheels. 2003, Dan Simmons, Hard Freeze http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=e0rixLVIlVUC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&sig=f3xoIgKUi3gD98BCyJlSmThefXU
   • “Ah, that’d be Roundheels Molly?” said Corporal Scallot, looking up and grinning. “She’s sent many a lad on his way rejoicing.” 2004, Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=6e9nD0oQA3UC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&sig=bMcrIJMPI6HqCbcSEjFFtk5e0Js
2. (form-of, plural) plural of roundheel
   form of roundheel

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