Definitions
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- noun A
heel of aboot . - noun An
area ofland protruding south of the eastern or westernend of a southernborder .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He did 8.2 miles on his broken bootheel—the same route he used to run after his parking-lot shift—arriving in Quincy just before dark.
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Obama shouldn't have put it like "putting a bootheel on the throat of a business."
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He did 8.2 miles on his broken bootheel—the same route he used to run after his parking-lot shift—arriving in Quincy just before dark.
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If I lived under the bootheel of such forces, I don't how I would react, how firmly I could hold to my ideal.
Blowback On the Border: The Purpose of the Terror War System
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Naturally, while figuratively talking about putting a bootheel on a throat is bad, LITERALLY putting a shoe on the back of an actual person's head, is perfectly okay!
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He did 8.2 miles on his broken bootheel—the same route he used to run after his parking-lot shift—arriving in Quincy just before dark.
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He did 8.2 miles on his broken bootheel—the same route he used to run after his parking-lot shift—arriving in Quincy just before dark.
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Not much happens at the lonely outpost of Antelope Wells, a border crossing in the remote bootheel area of New Mexico.
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Not much happens at the lonely outpost of Antelope Wells, a border crossing in the remote bootheel area of New Mexico.
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I grew up in the bootheel of MO and I used to go squirrel hunting with my dad when I was very young and I always enjoyed the peace and quiet that I experienced while we were hunting.
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