Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shot-clog

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: shot--clog
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who is tolerated only because he pays the shot (reckoning at a bar etc.), for the rest of the group, otherwise he is a mere clog (obstruction) to them.

Obsolete; Slang

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From shot + clog.

Usage

Inflected Forms

shot-clogs (plural)

Questions

What does shot-clog mean?: Someone who is tolerated only because he pays the shot (reckoning at a bar etc.), for the rest of the group, otherwise he is a mere clog (obstruction) to them.
Where does shot-clog come from?: From shot + clog.

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