hookling

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hookling

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historical, rare, uncountable A process, similar to knitting or crocheting, for fashioning garments. Now — as I sit here writing I see half a dozen carriages under the shade of the trees — coachmen on their boxes, talking, laughing &c — some hookling, they call it. They have a bone hook some thing like a crochet needle — and they hook them selves woollen gloves — Some are reading Hymn books, or pre

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@misc{hookling_2026,
  title = {hookling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hookling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}