Shot-clog

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who is tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them. obsolete, slang

    "Thou common shot-clog, gull of all companies."

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"Thou common shot-clog, gull of all companies."

Etymology

From shot + clog.

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