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hook-and-liner

hook-and-liner noun: a boat equipped with a hook and line for fishing.

Noun

hook-and-liner (plural hook-and-liners)

  1. A boat equipped with a hook and line for fishing.

Forms of hook-and-liner

pluralhook-and-liners

Origin of hook-and-liner

From hook + and + line + -er.

Questions about hook-and-liner

What does hook-and-liner mean?
Hook-and-liner means a boat equipped with a hook and line for fishing.
What part of speech is hook-and-liner?
Hook-and-liner is a noun.
What is the plural of hook-and-liner?
The plural of hook-and-liner is hook-and-liners.

Words near hook-and-liner in the dictionary

  1. hook wrenches
  2. hook, line and sinker
  3. hook-a-duck
  4. Hook-a-Gate
  5. hook-and-bullet
  6. hook-and-liner
  7. hook-and-liners
  8. hook-and-loop
  9. hook-and-loop fastener
  10. hook-and-loop fasteners
  11. hook-and-loops

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