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stiletto heel

[ sti-let-oh heel ]

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noun

a very high heel that tapers to a narrow base, used on women's shoes, sandals, and boots.
a shoe, sandal, or boot with such a heel.

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First recorded in 1950–55

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Examples have not been reviewed.

It can be an actual stiletto heel or a wedge.

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Taylor is dressed in a short black leather jacket, matching shorts and knee-high boots with stiletto heels.

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Before arranging herself in a cross-legged position alongside Wang, she kicks off her stiletto heels, rubs her feet and then joins the conversation.

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Yet unlike the doll of last year’s blockbuster movie, the next pop-culture star who’s about to re-emerge isn’t a statuesque blonde in stiletto heels.

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Vern’s Holdings said the logo stamped on the soles of some high-heeled shoes depicted the silhouette of a stiletto heel with an ankle spiral wrap.

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