"shot-clog" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-shot-clog.ogg [Australia] Forms: shot-clogs [plural]
Etymology: shot + clog Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shot|clog}} shot + clog Head templates: {{en-noun}} shot-clog (plural shot-clogs)
  1. (obsolete, slang) One who is tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-shot-clog-en-noun-vZfM7Yoj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for shot-clog meaning in English (1.5kB)

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