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SHOTCLOG
Shot"-clog`, n.
Definition: A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them. [Old Slang] Thou common shot-clog, gull of all companies. Chapman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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