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A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them.

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  1. n. A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them.
  2. A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them. [Old Slang] Thou common shot-clog, gull of all companies. Chapman.
  3. A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning,for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them. [OldSlang]Thou common shot-clog, gull of all companies. Chapman.