heelpiece

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I am a very unlucky fellow, for I think I had naturally not a bad heart; but it has been so bent, twisted, and trampled on, that it has now become as hard as a Highlander's heelpiece.

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  1. noun A piece made for or serving as the heel of a shoe or stocking.

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/ˈhilpis/
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