Shoehorn /(?)/

Shoe·horn

Shoehorn

n.
  1. A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.
  2. Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; -- by way of contempt. [Low]

Shoehorn

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