Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shoehorn"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shoehorn \Shoe"horn`\, Shoeing-horn \Shoe"ing-horn`\, n.
1. A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to
facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.
2. Figuratively:
(a) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a
medium; -- by way of contempt. --Spectator.
(b) Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.
[Low] --Beau. & Fl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shoehorn
n : a device used for easing the foot into a shoe
v : make fit for a specific purpose [syn: {tailor}]
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