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heelball

heelball noun: a mixture of wax and lampblack used to polish shoes, and in brass rubbing.

Noun

heelball (plural heelballs)

  1. A mixture of wax and lampblack used to polish shoes, and in brass rubbing.

Forms of heelball

pluralheelballs

Origin of heelball

From heel + ball?

Questions about heelball

What does heelball mean?
Heelball means a mixture of wax and lampblack used to polish shoes, and in brass rubbing.
What part of speech is heelball?
Heelball is a noun.
What is the plural of heelball?
The plural of heelball is heelballs.

Words near heelball in the dictionary

  1. heel-palmed
  2. heel-palming
  3. heel-palms
  4. heel/face turn
  5. heel/face turns
  6. heelball
  7. heelballs
  8. heelbone
  9. heelbones
  10. heeld
  11. heelds

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