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Webster 1913 Edition


Fishhook

Fish′hookˊ

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Noun.
1.
A hook for catching fish.
2.
(Naut.)
A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked.
Dana.

Definition 2024


fishhook

fishhook

See also: fish hook

English

Different types of fish hooks

Noun

fishhook (plural fishhooks)

  1. a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing
  2. (slang) A jack (the playing card)

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