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hooker
1[hook-er]
noun
Slang.prostitute.
Slang.a large drink of liquor.
Slang.a concealed problem, flaw, or drawback; a catch.
Rugby.a player who hooks the ball in the front line of scrummage.
(initial capital letter)a contemptuous term used to refer to an Amish Mennonite.
hooker
2[hook-er]
noun
Slang.any old-fashioned or clumsy vessel.
any fishing vessel working with hooks and lines rather than nets.
Hooker
3[hook-er]
noun
Joseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
Richard, 1554?–1600, English author and clergyman.
Thomas, 1586?–1647, English Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of the colony of Connecticut.
hooker
1/ ˈʊə /
noun
a person or thing that hooks
slang
a draught of alcoholic drink, esp of spirits
a prostitute
rugby the central forward in the front row of a scrum whose main job is to hook the ball
Hooker
2/ ˈʊə /
noun
John Lee. 1917–2001, US blues singer and guitarist
Sir Joseph Dalton. 1817–1911, British botanist; director of Kew Gardens (1865–85)
Richard. 1554–1600, British theologian, who influenced Anglican theology with The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (1593–97)
Sir William Jackson. 1785–1865, British botanist; first director of Kew Gardens: father of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
hooker
3/ ˈʊə /
noun
a commercial fishing boat using hooks and lines instead of nets
a sailing boat of the west of Ireland formerly used for cargo and now for pleasure sailing and racing
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hooker1
Word History and Origins
Origin of hooker1
Example Sentences
Kind of the way they are with hookers.”
Parry's decision came after being told by Gatland he was a fringe member of the party when the squad came together and he was only going to be acting cover for Wales' other three hookers.
His 97% success rate was the best of the 16 hookers to attempt 15 or more throws in the Autumn Nations Series.
Explosive bowel movements, hush money to hookers, and “illegal” immigrants who take all the jobs while sitting on their butts not working and getting unemployment are our biggest talking points.
Let’s hand it to Trump, though; he spent a lifetime hanging out with hookers, but that doesn’t make him Jesus.
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