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Definition of Tenterhook
1. Noun. One of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter.
Definition of Tenterhook
1. Noun. one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tenterhook
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenterhook
Literary usage of Tenterhook
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Village Politician: The Life-story of John Buckley by John Buckley, John Charles Buckmaster (1897)
"But this creature had the same feelings towards Rachel as myself, and instead of
giving my letter to her, he gave it to old tenterhook, the parish constable ..."
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