noun
Meaning 1
A shoehorn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Standard Lemma guide
shoeing-horn
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noun
Meaning 2
Anything that facilitates a transaction; that which smooths the way or greases the wheels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
Anything that induces or "draws on" thirst.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete
Qualifier: Elizabethan English
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noun
Meaning 4
A young man encouraged by a woman as a hanger-on to encourage the advances of more desirable suitors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Etymology
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