boathook
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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No, simply reach out with your boathook and lift the clean, dry pennant off the unusual Y-shaped plank.
From Time Magazine Archive
He watched while $20 was paid for a boathook, $160 for the Britannia's red & green sidelights, and $1,500 by an enthusiastic ex-M.
From Time Magazine Archive
I also have a boathook ready, secured to the ladder or side railing with Velcro or a bungee cord.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eventually they found a boathook, snagged the man’s boat, and dragged it alongside the workshop.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
"Sure!" said Harry, "I ought to be pounded with the boathook if I'd meant them."
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Bindloss, Harold
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