pruning hook

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noun

an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.

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Origin of pruning hook

First recorded in 1605–15

Words nearby pruning hook

pruinose, prune, prune-belly syndrome, prunella, prunelle, pruning hook, pruning shears, prunt, prurient, pruriginous, prurigo

How to use pruning hook in a sentence

“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If the oft-talked-about college “hook-up culture” could be embodied by a place, it would be Shooters.
Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating|Ellie Schaack|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Lawmaking by legislatures is also a one-way ratchet—Legislators get credit for passing laws, not pruning them.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Kent will not let us off the familiar horror hook so easily.
Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook|Tim Teeman|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

They “hook up” in a manner that makes the casual sex of the 1960s seem like an arranged marriage in Oman.
Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham|P. J. O’Rourke|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Only then did I own that by hook or by crook—and mostly by crook, I was forced to suspect—they had purposely given me the slip.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
His face was hidden beneath a beard of bristling, bushy red, and he had a sharp hook nose and small, bright eyes.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
The sailors tried to catch some with a hook and line, and were fortunate enough to succeed.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
The launch was already under way, and young Cargill trying to avoid it better, thrust with his boat-hook at the side of the lock.
Uncanny Tales|Various
It was the merest baby—half-an-ounce, perhaps—and it fell from the hook into the herbage some yards from the stream.
Uncanny Tales|Various

British Dictionary definitions for pruning hook

pruning hook

noun

a tool with a curved steel blade terminating in a hook, used for pruning

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