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[[File:Clogs.jpg|thumb|Some clogs, yesterday]] | {{a|work|[[File:Clogs.jpg|thumb|Some clogs, yesterday]]}}{{d|Clogs|/klɒg//klɒgz/|n|}} <br> | ||
A | 1. A robust wooden shoe originating in the low countries, before it found forensic fame and fortune as an arcane {{tag|metaphor}} in the [[courts of chancery]], where one tries where possible to avoid [[Clog on the equity of redemption|clogs on the equity of redemption]]. <br> | ||
2. A robust wooden shoe from Belgium appropriated by Parisienne weavers — called by them ''un [[Sabotage|sabot]]'' — and thrown angrily into the gears of a new-fangled automatic [[Jacquard loom]] to bugger it up, in a rather [[Cnut]]-like effort to protect their livelihoods. Such mischievous clog-throwing in 19th century Paris became known as “''[[sabotage]]''” but, long-term, didn’t do ''les saboteurs'' much good alas. | |||
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