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bill hook

bill hook noun: a spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts. Also the alternative form of billhook.

Noun

bill hook (plural bill hooks)

  1. A spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.
  2. A sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species.

Also used as

bill hook is also the alternative form of billhook.

Forms of bill hook

pluralbill hooks

Questions about bill hook

What does bill hook mean?
Bill hook means a spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.
What part of speech is bill hook?
Bill hook is a noun.
What is the plural of bill hook?
The plural of bill hook is bill hooks.

Words near bill hook in the dictionary

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  2. bill discounter
  3. bill discounters
  4. Bill Gates' flower flies
  5. Bill Gates' flower fly
  6. bill hook
  7. bill hooks
  8. bill of adventure
  9. bill of attainder
  10. bill of complaint
  11. bill of costs

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