0 a smooth, curved piece of plastic or metal that you hold in the back of your shoe when putting it on, to help your foot slide into it
1 to fit something tightly in a particular place, often between two other things:
This tiny restaurant is shoehorned between two major banks.
2 a smooth, curved piece of plastic or metal that is placed in the back of a shoe when putting it on in order to help the foot slide in more easily
Instead, he has set out measures that aim to shoehorn our economy into the structure that he thinks will fit the euro.
He knows that such persons are determined to shoehorn all of life's experience into the romantic view.
Underneath the fuselage was a long shoehorn -style float, that extended forward underneath the engine and propeller.
Lawyers had to engage in great ingenuity to shoehorn their clients' claims into existing forms of action.
The word is derived from shoehorn, a smooth curved implement, often of plastic or metal, inserted at the heel to help put on a shoe.
Other accessories accompanying the doll were a story and comic book, shoehorn, and paper wrist tag that was also a numbered warranty card.
The small shoehorn radiator couldn't provide enough air for the massive 6-liter engine so a large aperture was needed below it.
A shoehorn was built around the tunnel, just enough as to not be too sharp for the locomotives, opening up a fantastic view of the valley.
