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shot-clog

noun

Etymology

From shot + clog.

  1. derived from klugu
  2. derived from *klumpô✻ — “lump, mass, clasp”
  3. inherited from clog
  4. compounded as shot-clog — “shot + clog”

Definitions

  1. One who is tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the…

    One who is tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them.

    • Thou common shot-clog, gull of all companies.
    • Our shot-clog makes so much of him.

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