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Boat hook   /boʊt hʊk/   Listen
Boat hook

noun
1.
Pole-handled hook used to pull or push boats.





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"Boat hook" Quotes from Famous Books



... black motor-boat darted forward, one of the men on board holding a boat hook extended to grasp the floating life-preserver, hidden in which was a king's ...
— The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code • John Henry Goldfrap, AKA Captain Wilbur Lawton
... yet fifty yards off. And Georgie screamed and pointed to the place, and the boat came up and took Georgie in; and the water was so clear that the sailors saw Billy lie motionless at the bottom, and hooked him with a boat hook and drew him up; but his face came up alongside a deadly white, with staring eyes, and they shuddered and feared it was ...
— Hard Cash • Charles Reade


Words linked to "Boat hook" :   hook


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