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Definition of Meat hooks
1. Noun. Large strong hand (as of a fighter). "Wait till I get my hooks on him"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meat Hooks
Literary usage of Meat hooks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The meat-hooks which are placed upon the latter, for carrying the quarters of
beef, are of steel galvanized. Thermometer tubes from the upper deck are ..."
2. A Practical Guide for Inspectors of Nuisances by Frederick Richard Wilson (1881)
"Meat-hooks.—Provide and fix on the rails meat-hooks and plates of galvanized iron
5$ inches by J inch. Iron plates 3 inches by 2 inches and \ inch thick, ..."
3. Refrigeration, Cold Storage and Ice-making: A Practical Treatise on the Art by Alexander James Wallis-Tayler (1912)
"The meat hooks which are placed upon the latter, for carrying the quarters of
beef, are of steel galvanised. Thermometer tubes from the upper deck are ..."
4. Refrigeration, Cold Storage and Ice-making: A Practical Treatise on the Art by Alexander James Wallis-Tayler (1902)
"... are placed on the ceiling between the deck beams, thus economising head room,
and the rails for the meat-hooks are of i*/6 in. galvanised round iron, ..."
5. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1899)
"It appears that in the darkness he went past the meat hooks and the table without
Feeing them, but it is not likely that he was observing very closely where ..."
6. Refrigerating and Ice-making Machinery: A Descriptive Treatise for the Use by Alexander James Wallis-Tayler (1897)
"The meat hooks which are placed upon the latter, for carrying the quarters of
beef, are of steel galvanised. Thermometer tubes from the upper deck are ..."
7. The Book of Household Management: Comprising Information for the Mistress by Beeton (Isabella Mary) (1888)
"... with lips .. o 16 3 Amount brought up 6 Tinned meat hooks i Tammy Cloth i
Corkscrew I Wash-hand Bowl i Jelly Bag and Stand I Cinder Shovel I Box Coffee ..."
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