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Definition of Shoehorn
1. Noun. A device used for easing the foot into a shoe.
2. Verb. Fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited.
Definition of Shoehorn
1. n. A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.
Definition of Shoehorn
1. Noun. A tool used to assist putting the foot into a shoe by sliding the heel in. ¹
2. Verb. (literally) To use a shoehorn. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shoehorn
1. to force into a small space [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoehorn
Literary usage of Shoehorn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Brazil by Errol Lincoln Uys (2000)
"His terror was absolute when he saw that it was the silver shoehorn! Pausing just
long enough to pick it up, he crept out of the house and buried the ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"The Sper- tator applied the term " shoehorn " as a contemptuous name for danglers
... Is not this idea of the shoehorn taken :rorn a paper bv one of the old ..."
3. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1820)
"4 ) 1 Handicap Purse of 501. for all ages.—Heats, the New Course. Mr. King's
Gainsbrough, aged, i)st. 2lb 1 2 2 Mr. J. Walker's shoehorn, 4 yrs old, ..."
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