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Meanings of hooks in inglês

Large strong hand (as of a fighter)

Usage of hooks in inglês
1
Unfortunately, hooks's statements provoke, without creating space for difference or substantive debate.
The Guardian
2
Slash hooks were used in the fight and two mea were injured.
The Irish Times
3
Inside they found a large number of machetes, hatchets and bill hooks.
The Irish Times
4
Light glinted and gleamed off a variety of weapons held on hooks.
Mister Slaughter
5
After the stiletto the hooks of the mandibles rarely fail to intervene.
More Hunting Wasps
6
Owls with longer hooks were more likely to be infested with lice.
Pubmed
7
Using circle hooks has also shown to reduce incidental hooking of stingrays.
The Guardian
8
Two slaves in Etruscan masks, with ropes and drag hooks, hurry in.
Androcles and the Lion
9
We were also using hooks and copperheads -in natural placements only.
Rock and Ice Magazine
10
Leather bags hung on long cords from hooks set into the ceiling.
Shadow's son
11
Ergonomic, tapered heel fits snugly, allowing for serious cranking on heel hooks.
Climbing Magazine
12
They put the pots on those hooks and not on the logs.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
13
They were armed with knives, hatchets and slash-hooks, Judge Bryan Smyth heard.
The Irish Times
14
Bill was the boy for the books, and I for the hooks.
Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky
15
Along the beams of the roof on hooks hung two long guns.
A Maid of the Silver Sea
16
The horses were soon tied out, and the fishing-lines and hooks unpacked.
A Boy's Ride
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