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HEEL TAP. A peg in the heel of a shoe, taken out when it is finished. A person leaving any liquor in his glass, is frequently called upon by the toast-master to take off his heel-tap.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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