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fleshhooks

fleshhooks is the plural of fleshhook.

Meaning of fleshhook

Noun

fleshhook (plural fleshhooks)

  1. (historical) A hook designed to lift meat out of boiling water.
    • It was the custom of Eli's sons (the priest) that when any man brought a sacrifice to God, the priest's servant came while the flesh was boiling with a fleshhook in his hand.2005, Edward White, The Fat Belongs to God, page 45

Questions about fleshhooks

What is fleshhooks the plural of?
Fleshhooks is the plural of fleshhook.

Words near fleshhooks in the dictionary

  1. fleshfests
  2. fleshflies
  3. fleshfly
  4. fleshhood
  5. fleshhook
  6. fleshhooks
  7. fleshhouse
  8. fleshhouses
  9. fleshie
  10. fleshier
  11. fleshies

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