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"hook" Definition

  1. an expression at Oxford, implying doubt, either connected with Hookey Walker, or with a note of interrogation (?) “Yes, with a HOOK at the end of it!” _i.e._, with some reservation, generally that of doubt, by the speaker.
  2. to steal or rob. _See_ the following.

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Position in the dictionary: 1683 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: hook it, hook or by crook, hook um snivey, hookey walker!, hooks, hop, hop merchant, hop o’ my thumb, hop the twig, hopping giles
Previous words in the dictionary: honour bright, honey blobs, honest shilling, hondey, homo, holy land, holy joe, hollow, hold hard, hoisting

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