shoeing-horn

Noun

 * 1)  A shoehorn.
 * 2)  Anything that facilitates a transaction; that which smooths the way or greases the wheels.
 * 3)  Anything that induces or "draws on" thirst.
 * 4)  A young man encouraged by a woman as a hanger-on to encourage the advances of more desirable suitors.
 * 1)  A young man encouraged by a woman as a hanger-on to encourage the advances of more desirable suitors.