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English
Etymology
From shot + clog.
Pronunciation
Noun
shot-clog (plural shot-clogs)
- (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.
1625 (first performance), Ben Jonson, The Staple of Newes. , London: I B for Robert Allot , published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):Our shot-clog makes so much of him.