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/hˈʊkər/ Listen

noun

Hooker n.

One who, or that which, hooks.

(Naut.)

(a)

A Dutch vessel with two masts.

(b)

A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland.

(c)

A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.

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Etymology of 'Hooker'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hooker" Quotes from Famous Books

... getting all we can out of the old hooker as it is," Bulla objected. "I don't see how she ...

— The Pit Prop Syndicate • Freeman Wills Crofts

... moment of the correspondence we obtain an interesting glimpse of a great man of science. Mr. Darwin sent the following inquiry through Dr. Hooker, afterwards Sir Joseph Hooker, and it reached Borrow through his ...

— George Borrow and His Circle - Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of - Borrow And His Friends • Clement King Shorter

... same irregular constriction of certain cells; in this too the first change in the pinnae, or its component lobes, is the definition of the margin. In this genus the under surface of the frond is covered with these hairy-form bodies (which have been figured over and over again in Hooker and Greville's ferns): on the upper face, a few exist, but ...

— Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The - Neighbouring Countries • William Griffith

... perfunctory look around, just as an old and tarry sailor, from habit, jerks his head up while passing along the street of a city, not so much to survey the skyscrapers that tower above him, but from sheer habit of glancing aloft at the shivering sails of the old hooker upon which he labors ...

— Canoe Mates in Canada - Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan • St. George Rathborne

... sits yere, a relatin' of them exploits,' an' Colonel Sterett tips the canteen for another hooker, 'as I sits yere, gents, all free an' sociable with what's, bar none, the finest body of gents that ever yanks a cork or drains a bottle, I've seen the nobility of Kaintucky—the Bloo Grass Vere-de-Veres—ride up on a blood hoss, hitch the critter to the fence, an' throw away a fortune buckin' ...

— Wolfville Days • Alfred Henry Lewis

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