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A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.

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  1. n. A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.
  2. n. A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.
  3. 1. A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs. 2. A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron. [Political Cant, U. S.] The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding. The Century.
  4. n:100 n. A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs. n. A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.