Shoehorn

1. A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.
1. Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; -- by way of contempt.
2. Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.

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