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rubber heel, n. (phr.)
[rubber n.1 III + heel n.1]
1. A shoe heel made of rubber.
1916Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 23 July 10/6 The best rubber heel costs only 10¢ more. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §602 Rubber heel maker,..a moulder..engaged in moulding rubber soles and heels. 1922Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 301/2 To a large degree the rubber heel has also displaced leather in medium-grade footwear.
2. One who investigates the conduct of members of his own organization; spec. an internal police investigator. slang.
1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §458/16 ‘Spotter.’ (One who spys upon employees.)..rubber-heel. 1970G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard 12 It was the detail that led the Rubber Heels to Shepherds Market. 1975Listener 6 Feb. 163/3 ‘Have those five-day wonders and rubber heels never copped a drop or fitted someone up?’ (Have those graduates from the Police College investigating a complaint against an officer never accepted a bribe or planted evidence?)
3. attrib. and Comb., as (sense 2) rubber-heel boy, rubber heel inquiry, rubber heel mob.
1962Parker & Allinson Courage of his Convictions iv. 152 Stamper thought he'd be clever and he phoned the rubber-heel mob at Scotland Yard. 1971Daily Tel. 18 Sept. 1/7 They led to investigations into the conduct of police officers by senior detectives. To all British police forces this type of investigation is known as a ‘rubber heel’ inquiry. 1976P. Ferris Detective vii. 110 They were the rubber-heel boys, the policemen who investigated policemen.
Hence ˈrubber-heel v. intr. and trans., to investigate (a colleague), to keep (an associate) under surveillance, to spy on; ˈrubber-heeler = sense 2 above; rubber-heeling vbl. n.
1959M. Pugh Chancer 91 ‘So,’ he said, ‘you fancy yourself as a rubber-heeler?’ The phrase usually applied to a policeman, sent to check on another policeman, and to get his facts from the underworld. The ‘rubber-heeler’ was disliked by criminals as much as he was disliked by the police. 1968‘B. Mather’ Springers xiv. 157 But Sonia? Was she here only for her own safety—or was she rubber-heeling on me to make certain there were no slip-ups? Ibid. xv. 168, I was under the closest rubber-heeling and I certainly couldn't afford to interest myself in something that was no longer in my parish. 1973― Snowline iv. 49 To a brothel? Not with me rubber-heeling on him, he wouldn't... Anyhow, as a copper he'd want it for free. 1976R. Busby New Face in Hell viii. 114 He..had..been rubber-heeled for flagrantly fabricating evidence, demoted to sergeant and sent back into uniform. 1977F. Webb Go for Out v. 71 The Metropolitan Police owned four such vehicles for use by their crime squads, rubber-heelers, or the Special Branch. |