Kendal sneck bent

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noun Angling.

a fishhook having a wide, squarish bend.

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Origin of Kendal sneck bent

Probably named after Kendal, England

Those with a slightly sleazier bent have dredged up reports of his weight gain, substance abuse, and arrest.
D’Angelo’s ‘Black Messiah’ Was Worth Waiting 15 Years For|James Joiner|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One detainee was bent over for a rectal feeding that involved Ensure, the protein shake.
Inside the CIA’s Sadistic Dungeon|Tim Mak|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Flagg, too, comes apart in his machinations, bent ever more fully on political domination.
McConaughey’s ‘Stand’—And Ours|James Poulos|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Eric Garner was bent over, wrestled down, spread out, and squeezed until he popped.
The Day I Used Eric Garner’s Voice|Joshua DuBois|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

No one is saying you wake up every morning hell-bent on killing unarmed black kids.
The St. Louis Rams Enter the Ferguson Fray|Sally Kohn|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He frowned, and bent his head, and his long hair fell over his face, while the poor Stuttgardter sat there like a beaten hound.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
This judicial bent of the child is a curious one and often develops a priggish fondness for setting others morally straight.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Lady Maude advanced; she had really come in by accident; her head was bent, her eyelashes rested on her flushed cheeks.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
Then she bent her glance to the writing, and studied it a moment, what time the man from Paris watched her closely.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
She opened a large black fan and moved it slowly while looking intently at her son's bent profile.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton