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big hook

American  

noun

Railroads Slang.
  1. wrecking crane.


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Is there a final punchline to this campaign — or does Lightfoot risk getting yanked offstage with a big hook?

From Washington Post Apr. 8, 2020

On the 10th hole she hit a big hook into the trees.

From Golf Digest Aug. 1, 2018

But the movie’s big hook is that music starts from second one and doesn’t let up until the whole film ends.

From The Verge Jul. 8, 2017

I wanted to see that big hook, you know, and I got to see it.

From Newsweek Apr. 28, 2012

She set out bowls of soup and hung a fresh disc of bread from the big hook.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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