English Explanatory Dictionary

shoeing-horn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shoehorn.
  2. Anything that facilitates a transaction; that which smooths the way or greases the wheels.
  3. Anything that induces or "draws on" thirst.
  4. A young man encouraged by a woman as a hanger-on to encourage the advances of more desirable suitors.

Word forms

shoeing-horn shoeing-horns
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