fishhook
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fishhook
First recorded in 1350–1400, fishhook is from the Middle English word fischhook. See fish, hook 1
Example Sentences
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While the team didn't set out to find an early ecdysozoan during their 2018 excavation, they were drawn to a mysterious worm-like impression that they dubbed "fishhook."
From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024
Mr. Weddle paid Mr. Elden’s parents $200 for the picture, which was later altered to show the baby chasing a dollar bill, dangling from a fishhook.
From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2022
Billowing white clouds drifted off burnt-brown hills bristling with branched and twisted Joshua trees and fishhook cactus.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2022
“So Kurt came up with the idea of adding a fishhook to make it more menacing,” Fisher said for the Milanote article, which Elden cites in his lawsuit.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2021
What you do is tie the grapple—it’s like a big fishhook with four barbs—to a length of rope.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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