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Definition of Pothooks
1. pothook [n] - See also: pothook
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pothooks
Literary usage of Pothooks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memories of a Musical Career by Clara Kathleen Rogers (1919)
"CHAPTER II LEARNING TO READ — A SOUL ABOVE pothooks — THE FIRST MUSIC LESSON ...
But I recall how painfully hard it was for me to make pothooks and things ..."
2. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1854)
"... without much regard to the regularity or beauty, they will fix upon much the
same sort of pothooks and ladles, let their language be what it will. ..."
3. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"... the horse only by tickling him, for which operation their legs are well adapted,
appearing, in a microscope, armed with sharp talons like pothooks'. ..."
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