shoehorn

A smooth curved implement, often of plastic or metal, inserted at the heel to help put on a shoe.

To squeeze into or as if into an insufficient space.

Same as shocinghorn, 1.

to squeeze or force into a tight-fitting space, with or as though with a shoehorn; — often used figuratively.

A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.

Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; — by way of contempt.

Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.

A tool used to assist putting the foot into a shoe by sliding the heel in.

Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.