| Pronunciation: | | 'shoo`horn
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- [n] a device used for easing the foot into a shoe
- [v] make fit for a specific purpose
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SHOEHORN is a 8 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | tailor |
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| | See Also: | | accommodate, adapt, device |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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