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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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]


Shoehorn \Shoe"horn\, v. t.
to squeeze or force into a tight-fitting space, with or as
though with a shoehorn; -- often used figuratively.
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