spoon hook

noun

, Angling.

1. a fishhook equipped with a spoon lure.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spoon hook¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The bass absolutely refused to strike at a spoon-hook or pork rind or the new Dowagiac.

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No Nez Percé boy that he had ever heard of had been able to go a-fishing with a joint-rod and a spoon-hook.

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And always at such times they struck savagely at a glittering spoon hook.

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I baited the spoon-hook with a live little fish the pilot had procured, and gave her the line.

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Even Two Arrows dropped a "spoon-hook" to take an interest in that proceeding.

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