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  • noun trainers with one or more wheel fitted to the heel thus allowing the wearer to walk normally then skate by shifting the weight to the rear

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Examples

  • And it took most of the day (minus a trip to the supermarket where the kids were remarkably well behaved and Sarah didn't kill anyone while wearing her heelies ...).

    Archive 2007-10-01 katelnorth 2007

  • And it took most of the day (minus a trip to the supermarket where the kids were remarkably well behaved and Sarah didn't kill anyone while wearing her heelies ...).

    Sewing room declutter katelnorth 2007

  • Look out for kids on heelies flying up and down the grocery aisles.

    11 « December « 2007 « Adventures in Juggling 2007

  • Look out for kids on heelies flying up and down the grocery aisles.

    parenting snark « Adventures in Juggling 2007

  • Spring for a new pair of those hot shoes and you may end up footing the bill from the E.R. The trouble with the heelies.

    CNN Transcript Jun 4, 2007 2007

  • And then, a bit older, those other sneakers-wheelies? heelies?

    The New Yorker Kate Walbert 2011

  • Man predicts the popularity of heelies in 1910 among other things …

    unknown title 2009

  • Dr. Scholl’s insoles and heelies and even the most torturous looking stiletto’s become manageable.

    Barefoot dancing at the end of the wedding. 2009

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