crochet hook

noun

First recorded in 1840–50

Miss Alice Prendergast is doing something delicate with a crochet-hook, but it is obvious that her thoughts are far away.

To make picot edging: With crochet hook, beginning at ribbed edge at top, work 1.

Rose paused a moment with her crochet hook in a half-looped stitch, and the smile trembled on her sweet mouth.

The crochet hook fell from her hand—her arms, neck and face were bathed in blushes.

She never did fussy things with her hands, Honor Carmody; no one had ever seen her with a needle or a crochet hook.

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