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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

구두주걱

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gudu-jugeok

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Shoehorn/ˈʃuː.hɔːn/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"구두주걱을 사용하면 신발을 쉽게 신을 수 있습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A curved smooth piece of metal, plastic, or animal horn used to ease the heel into a shoe.

    "He used a long-handled shoehorn to put on his leather dress shoes without bending over."
As verb
  1. 1

    To force something into a limited space or an inadequate amount of time.

    "The editor had to shoehorn three extra paragraphs into an already cramped column."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the Old English words 'scōh' (shoe) and 'horne' (horn, referring to the material traditionally used, such as animal horn). Dating back to the late 15th century, it originally referred strictly to the physical curved tool used to ease the heel into a shoe, but has since expanded metaphorically to describe the forced insertion of something into a limited space or timeframe.

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