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noun
An S-shaped iron hook used to suspend a cooking pot over a fire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A crooked stroke in writing; a scrawl.
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noun
an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hook, claw
Narrower terms: trammel
History
From pot + hook.
