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shoehorn
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| shoelace
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| shoemaker
| shoemaker's last
shoehorn
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shoehorn has 1 sense
- shoehorn(n = noun.artifact) Array - a device used for easing the foot into a shoe; Array is a kind of device
Verb shoehorn has 1 sense
- shoehorn(v = verb.change) Array - fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited; Array is one way to accommodate, adapt
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
shoehorn, n.
- A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe. [1913 Webster]
- Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; -- by way of contempt. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
shoehorn, v. t.
to squeeze or force into a tight-fitting space, with or as though with a shoehorn; -- often used figuratively. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shoehorn, n. a curved piece of horn, metal, etc., for easing the heel into a shoe.
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