How to pronounce clog

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What clog means

noun

Most people know clog in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

A heavy shoe with a thick wooden sole

In a sentence: The dancer clattered across the stage in a pair of wooden clogs.

Where it comes from: Its origin is uncertain. It may come from an old word for a heavy block of wood tied to an animal's leg to slow it down.

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