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nut-hook

nut-hook is the alternative form of nuthook.

Meaning of nuthook

Noun

nuthook (plural nuthooks)

  1. A hook on a pole to pull down boughs for gathering nuts.
  2. (obsolete) A thief who steals by means of a hook.
    Synonyms:
    angler, hooker
  3. (obsolete) A bailiff who metaphorically hooks or seizes malefactors; a policeman; a constable.
    • Nuthook, nuthook, you lie.c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, act 5, scene 4
    Synonyms:
    police officer

Forms of nut-hook

pluralnut-hooks

Questions about nut-hook

What is nut-hook the alternative form of?
Nut-hook is the alternative form of nuthook.

Words near nut-hook in the dictionary

  1. nut-cutting time
  2. nut-grass
  3. nut-grasses
  4. nut-head
  5. nut-heads
  6. nut-hook
  7. nut-hooks
  8. nut-house
  9. nut-houses
  10. nut-job
  11. nut-jobs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nut-hook (page history and authors); nuthook (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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