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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

... broken in bits! I'm asking God Himself, was it for this He'd have me roaming the earth since I was a lad only, to come to black shame in the end, where I'd be giving a power of love to a woman is the same as others you'd meet in any hooker-shanty in port, with red gowns on them and paint on their grinning mugs, would be sleeping with any man ...

— Anna Christie • Eugene O'Neill

... appointment of a Commissioner of Bankruptcy. Mr. Montagu wrote also on philosophical subjects. Among his productions of this tendency were Thoughts of Divines and Philosophers; Selections from Taylor, Hooker, Bishop Hall, and Bacon. He edited an edition of Lord Bacon's works, in seventeen volumes. Another bent which his mind took, placed him by the side of Romilly and Mackintosh in the cause of Humanity. He had in his nature an abhorrence of depriving ...

— The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II • Various

... received the news of the positions of the armies and their chances of success with exultation. As the sun rose a glowing dull red ball of fire breaking through the smoke of the artillery, Hooker's division swept into action and drove the first line of Lee's men into the woods. Here they rallied and began to mow down the charging masses with deadly aim. For two hours the sullen fight raged in the woods ...

— The Man in Gray • Thomas Dixon

... chum, Catesby-Stuart, thought he was mast-high so fur's sailing was concerned, anybody could see that, but he had something to larn. He wasn't beginning to get out all there was in that ice-boat. And just then along comes another feller in the same kind of hooker and gives us a hail. There was two other chaps ...

— Cape Cod Stories - The Old Home House • Joseph C. Lincoln

... suffer all the time with hunger. The roads are wretched, almost impassable. I heard of Mag lately. One of our scouts brought me a card of Margaret Stuart's with a pair of gauntlets directed to 'Cousin Robert.'... I have no news. General Hooker is obliged to do something. I do not know what it will be. He is playing the Chinese game, trying what frightening will do. He runs out his guns, starts his wagons and troops up and down the river, and creates an excitement ...

— Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee • Captain Robert E. Lee, His Son

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