kitten heel

English

Noun

kitten heel (plural kitten heels)

  1. A short, slender heel on a woman's shoe or sandal.
    • 1998, Sally Brampton, Concerning Lily:
      Her new shoes, with their little perched heels, lent a swing to her hips. She smiled, pleased by the image. Lily in her kitten heels.
    • 2013, Mary Roach, Gulp:
      Escorted by an entourage of large flies, we made our way through a grid of muddy corrals. I was in kitten heels and a skirt, a fact from which DePeters, in filth-encrusted rubber boots and worn T-shirt, derived lasting merriment.

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