单词 | heelchaser |
释义 | > as lemmasheelchaser heelchaser n. a dog which nips at the heels of an animal to urge it on; (more generally) a person who or animal which follows at the heels of another (literal and figurative). ΚΠ 1918 Forest & Stream Feb. 125/1 (advt.) Scotch collie pups, pedigreed, natural heelchasers. 1938 D. Thomas Let. 1 June in Sel. Lett. (1966) 199 It's the dog among the fairies..the wizard's heel-chaser. 1997 L. Shriver Double Fault (2006) 122 Heelchasers are optimistic and fearless, with nothing to lose; frontrunners are naturally conservative and paranoid. < as lemmas |
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