† shot-clogn.
Obsolete. rare.
An unwelcome companion tolerated because he pays the shot for the rest.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > unpopularity > [noun] > unpopular person > tolerated because he pays
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society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > bearing of expenses or charges > one who > for the rest
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1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor v. iii. sig. Qivv Keepe your distance, and be not made a Shot-clog no more. View more context for this quotation
1602 B. Jonson Poetaster i. ii. sig. B What? shal I haue my son a Stager now?.. a Gull? a Rooke? a Shot-clog?
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. i. 47 in Wks. II
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