SHOEHORN

Shoehorn

A shoehorn or shoe horn is a tool that lets the user put on a shoe more easily. It does so by keeping the shoe open and by providing a smooth surface for the foot and the heel to move, without crushing the shoe's counter, in this way acting as a first class lever.

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shoehorn

Noun

  1. A tool used to assist putting the foot into a shoe by sliding the heel in.
  2. Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.
  3. Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.

Verb

  1. To use a shoehorn.
  2. To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something).
    I shoehorned his dozen burgeoning bags into the backseat of my tiny car, and off we went.
    His staff want to shoehorn an extra stop into his already packed campaigning schedule.


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