shoeing-horn

noun4

1. •
   (old-fashioned) A shoehorn.
2. •
   (no longer used) Anything that facilitates a transaction; that which smooths the way or greases the wheels.
3. •
   (UK, no longer used) Anything that induces or "draws on" thirst.
4. •
   (no longer used) A young man encouraged by a woman as a hanger-on to encourage the advances of more desirable suitors.