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Examples
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Just as the poor little wretch was going to take to his heels,
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Having eased on tights beneath the sapphire anklet and put on toning high heels,
The Arabian Mistress Graham, Lynne 2001
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Whose brains are in their hands and in their heels,
Early Reviews of English Poets John Louis Haney
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With a snort she rears up on her hindermost heels,
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Now he has fired out that Dutchman head over heels,
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With bottles of that dandruff dope she followed at his heels,
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Compelld these skipping kerns to trust their heels,
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"Well, Bayard," says she, floatin 'up to us wabbly on her high heels,
Shorty McCabe on the Job Sewell Ford 1907
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P: My revelations were recited unto you, but ye used to turn back on your heels,
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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S: My communications were indeed recited to you, but you used to turn back on your heels,
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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