meat hook
or meat-hook or meat·hook
[ meet-hook ]
/ ˈmitˌhʊk /
noun
Usually meat hooks .Slang. a hand or fist: Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert.
a hook on which an animal carcass is hung after slaughter.
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Origin of meat hook
1835–45 for literal sense
Words nearby meat hook
meat ax, meataxe, meatball, Meath, meathead, meat hook, meat house, meatloaf, meatman, meato-, meatoplasty
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