gorge hook

noun

1. a fishhook with two barbed prongs; a hook made by fastening two hooks back to back at the shanks.
2. gorge ¹( def 8 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of gorge hook¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

This may account for so few pike being found dead after they have broken away with a gorge-hook in them.

From Project Gutenberg

The same objection formerly applied to live-baiting with what was known as a gorge-hook.

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But the gorge hook has gone out of fashion and is discountenanced.

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