Phrase guide
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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A hook that is attached to a pole and used to suspend or hold an object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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noun
Of a carriage, a steel or iron hook attached to a pole-crab, used to hold the whippletrees when four horses are employed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Synonym of boathook.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: boathook
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History
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