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ward heeler

noun

Definition of ward heeler

: a worker for a political boss in a ward or other local area

Examples of ward heeler in a Sentence

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 Smith, an eighth-grade dropout who went to work at 15 to support his widowed mother, was deemed by most a coarse ward heeler beholden to the Tammany Hall satraps who anointed him. — Edward Kosner, WSJ, "‘Frank and Al’ Review: A Friendship Forged in Albany," 25 Sep. 2018

First Known Use of ward heeler

1888, in the meaning defined above

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