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hookkeepers

hookkeepers is the plural of hookkeeper.

Meaning of hookkeeper

Noun

hookkeeper (plural hookkeepers)

  1. A wire ring that holds a fly-fishing fishhook in place while rigged.
    • I've used it in my thread work, such as a group of three single- thread inlays in guide wraps and/or hookkeeper wraps.1988, Dale P. Clemens., Advanced Custom Rod Building, page 108

Questions about hookkeepers

What is hookkeepers the plural of?
Hookkeepers is the plural of hookkeeper.

Words near hookkeepers in the dictionary

  1. hookings
  2. Hookins
  3. hookish
  4. hookium
  5. hookkeeper
  6. hookkeepers
  7. hookless
  8. hooklessness
  9. hooklet
  10. hooklets
  11. hooklike

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