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Translations high heels → كعوب عالية vysoké podpatky høje hæle hohe Absätze ψηλά τακούνια tacones korkeat korot talons hauts visoke pete tacchi alti ハイヒール 하이힐 hoge hakken høye hæler wysokie obcasy salto alto высокие каблуки höga klackar รองเท้าส้นสูง yüksek topuklar giày cao gót 高跟鞋 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It is alleged, indeed, that the high heels are most agreeable to our ancient constitution; but, however this be, his majesty has determined to make use only of low heels in the administration of the government, and all offices in the gift of the crown, as you cannot but observe; and particularly that his majesty's imperial heels are lower at least by a DRURR than any of his court (DRURR is a measure about the fourteenth part of an inch). So twelve fairies came, each with a high red cap on her head, and red shoes with high heels on her feet, and a long white wand in her hand: and after the feast was over they gathered round in a ring and gave all their best gifts to the little princess. Miss Waterford, torn between the aestheticism of her early youth, when she used to go to parties in sage green, holding a daffodil, and the flippancy of her maturer years, which tended to high heels and Paris frocks, wore a new hat. |
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