1795. Gent. Mag., p. 118. Briskly pushed towards me the decanter containing a tolerable bumper, and exclaimed, ‘Sir, I’ll buzz you: come, no heel-taps!’
1836. Dickens, Pickwick (Ed. 1857), p. 10. No heel-taps, and he emptied the glass.
1838. Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, ch. xxxii. There was a proper objection to drinking her in heeltaps.
1841. Punch, i., 117. Empty them heeltaps, Jack, and fill out with a fresh jug.
1844. Buckstone, The Maid with the Milking Pail. Added to which, she’s a termagant, and imbibes all the heeltaps.
1855. Thackeray, Newcomes, ch. xiv. The relics of yesterday’s feast—the emptied bottles … the wretched heel-taps that have been lying exposed all night to the air.
2. (common).—A dance peculiar to London dustmen.
Heifer, subs. (common).—A woman; old heifer (in Western America) = a term of endearment. For synonyms, see Petticoat.
18(?). In the Back Woods, p. 71. Now, git out, I says, or the ol’ heifer ’ll show you whar the carpenter left a hole for you to mosey.
Heifer-paddock, subs. (Australian).—A ladies’ school.