meat hook

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meat hook

noun meat hooks

  1. A two-sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs.
  2. plural normally, slang One's hands or arms. Keep your meat hooks off my radio.

    Similar: biscuit hooks

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noun two-sided hook for hanging meat

Españolescarpia
Portuguêsescápula
Françaispiton, gond
Italianogancio

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@misc{meat_hook_2026,
  title = {meat hook},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meat%20hook},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}