Shot-clog

Pronunciation

Origin

en + shot + clog

Full definition of shot-clog

Noun

1. (obsolete, slang) One who is tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them.
• 1605, George Chapman, Ben Jonson and John Marston, Eastward HoeThou common shot-clog, gull of all companies.
• Jonson Staple of NewsOur shot-clog makes so much of him.