hookers

Noun

hooker (plural hookers)

1. One who, or that which, hooks.
2. A player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.
   • Hooker Dylan Hartley was sent to the sin-bin after yet another infringement at the breakdown and, on the stroke of half-time, Georgia's territorial advantage finally told when number eight Basilaia surged over from the base of the scrum for a try next to the posts.2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport
3. A batsman or batswoman adept at or fond of playing hook shots.
   • I once saw Hassett drop England opening batsman and compulsive hooker, Cyril Washbrook, twice in succession at deep fine leg.1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 32
4. A crocheter.
5. (dated, informal) Synonym of hook (“attention-grabbing element of a creative work”).
   • We regard the first seven seconds of a television commercial as the most critical or crucial in the whole unit — the "Do or Die Seven" — the "moment of decision" or the "hooker", if you will, when we must capture the attention of the viewer, get him involved in the action, […]1966, Charles Anthony Wainwright, The Television Copywriter, page 39

   Synonyms:

   hook

6. (archaic, thieves' cant) A thief who uses a pole with a hook on the end to steal goods.
   • They are sure to be clyd in the night by the angler, or hooker, or such like pilferers that liue upon the spoyle of other poore people.c. 1608–1610, Samuel Rid, Martin Mark-all, Beadle of Bridewell

   Synonyms:

   angler, nuthook

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