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Words originating in shoes

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sabotage
roughshod
old shoe
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shoehorn


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Weird plurals

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PRONUNCIATION:

(SHOO-horn)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To force something into an insufficient or unsuitable space.
noun: A tool to help slide one’s heel into a shoe.

ETYMOLOGY:

Originally, shoehorns were made of the horns of animals. Earliest documented use: 1589.

USAGE:

“A bull-headed Maltese prime minister shoehorned a chapter on Mediterranean security into the Helsinki Accords.”
The Cruel Sea; The Economist (London, UK); Jan 14, 2017.

See more usage examples of shoehorn in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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