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spring hooks

spring hooks is the plural of spring hook.

Meaning of spring hook

Noun

spring hook (plural spring hooks)

  1. An angler's snap-hook or spear-hook.
  2. A latch or door-hook with a spring-catch for keeping it fast in the staple.
  3. (locomotive engines) One of the hooks which fix the driving-wheel spring to the frame.

Questions about spring hooks

What is spring hooks the plural of?
Spring hooks is the plural of spring hook.

Words near spring hooks in the dictionary

  1. spring has sprung
  2. spring heel
  3. spring heels
  4. Spring Hill
  5. spring hook
  6. spring hooks
  7. spring horse
  8. spring horses
  9. spring house
  10. spring houses
  11. spring in one's step

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