What does shot-clog mean?
Shot-clog means (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..
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(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..
Thou common shot-clog, gull of all companies.
Our shot-clog makes so much of him.
Use shot-clog when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Shot-clog means (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..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Thou common shot-clog, gull of all companies.
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