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fish-hook

noun

  1. a sharp hook used in angling, esp one with a barb
  2. logic a symbol (∋) for entailment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Previous Belmonts were run clockwise over a fish-hook course that included part of the training track and the main dirt oval.

Previous Belmonts were run clockwise over a fish-hook course that included part of the training track and the main dirt oval.

The tiny, fish-hook shaped island of Nantucket feels like a place separated from America by place and time.

Rather than use a scalpel to excise those aspects causing “the most concern,” the government used a fish-hook to gut the bill almost entirely.

From Salon

Studies of the tunnel used for the second test, which was conducted in 2009 and featured in the propaganda film, suggest it has the shape of a fish-hook, which is what experts might expect.

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