| 词汇 | ward heeler |
| 词源 | ward heeler. A ward heeler is a political hanger-on of a ward boss in American politics, the heeler, coming from the compar- ison of such a man to a dog that “heels” for its master, that is, follows behind submissively in its master’s footsteps. The term is first recorded in 1888. |
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