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gorge hook ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a fishhook with two barbed prongs; a hook made by fastening two hooks back to back at the shanks.
- gorge1(def 8).
Origin of gorge hook First recorded in 1865–70 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for gorge hook Historical Examples of gorge hook
This may account for so few pike being found dead after they have broken away with a gorge-hook in them.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
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The same objection formerly applied to live-baiting with what was known as a gorge-hook.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
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