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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Shoehorn (0.00824 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Shoehorn.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: shoehorn
shoehorn
n : a device used for easing the foot into a shoe
v : make fit for a specific purpose [syn:
tailor]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Shoehorn
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.
[PJC]
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