First Known Use: circa 1848
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cant hook
noun
Definition of CANT HOOK
: a lumberman's lever that has a pivoting hooked arm and a blunt often toothed metal cap at one end — compare peavey
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Origin of CANT HOOK
3cant
Rhymes with CANT HOOK
bankbook, billhook, black book, blue book, boat hook, caoutchouc, casebook, chapbook, checkbook, Chinook, closed book, codebook, cookbook, daybook, duck hook, e-book, fishhook, gang hook, good book, guidebook, handbook, hornbook, hymnbook, Innsbruck, jump hook, logbook, make book, matchbook, mouth hook, nainsook, nonbook, notebook, outlook, passbook, Pembroke, phrase book, playbook, pothook, prayer book, promptbook, psalmbook, schoolbook, scrapbook, sketchbook, skyhook, songbook, sourcebook, studbook, stylebook, textbook, trade book, unhook, white book, Windhoek, wordbook, workbook, yearbook
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