fishhooks

  • 101fish|hook — «FIHSH HUK», noun. 1. a hook used for catching fish. Most fishhooks are barbed near the point so that the fish cannot easily slip off the hook. 2. Nautical. a large metal hook forming part of a pendant at the lower end of a fish tackle, used in… …

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  • 102hook-mon|ey — «HUK MUHN ee», noun. money consisting of pieces of silver in the form of fishhooks, formerly used especially in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Iran, and the Maldive islands …

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