Hooke

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The word "hooke" in example sentences

The only time that I have the same species eat or attack the same species is when I hooke a small pike about 14 inches in length. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I was in a fishing party tied to a shrimp boat and hooke a big tiger over twelve feet, after over two hours it was brought to the boat. ❋ Unknown (2010)

WV: hooke . . . by hooke or crook, Jen and John will find every rendition of "birthday" in the book! ❋ Unknown (2010)

I use a computer as Sky+ type setup hooke dup to my TV, it would be nice to get the higher quality streams on there, do you know what's being used to stream to these IPTVs? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Some of them vpon the necke of their launce haue an hooke, wherewithall they attempt to pull men out of their saddles. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Laurence the chancellor of Roderike king of Connagh in Ireland were come as ambassadours from the said Roderike, vnto king Henrie, who willinglie heard them, as he that was more desirous to grow to some accord with those sauage people by some freendlie order, than to war with them that had nothing to lose: so that he might in pursuing of them seeme to fish with an hooke of gold. ❋ Raphael Holinshed (N/A)

The which her sire had serap't by hooke and crooke, ❋ Various (N/A)

"Likewise to get, to pill and poll _by hooke and crooke_ so much, as that ----" ❋ Various (N/A)

Now, there be some which are excéeding curious in pulling vp these olde poales, and rather then they will shake the earth, or loosen the mould, they will make a paire of large pincers, or tarriers of iron, at least fiue foote long with sharpe téeth, and a clasping hooke to hould the téeth together, when they haue taken fast hould vpon the poale so neare the earth as is possible, and then laying ❋ Gervase Markham (N/A)

For the gathering of Plumbes in generall, it is in the same manner as you did gather your Cherries, both with such a like ladder, such a like hooke, and such like vessels, onely some more speciall obseruations are to be obserued in gathering your dainty grafted Plumbes, then of the others, which are of a more hard and induring nature. ❋ Gervase Markham (N/A)

Such a manner of speech is fit for those judges that a man would corrupt by hooke or crooke, by right or wrong, or for children and the common people, unto whom a man must tell all, and see what the event would be. ❋ Unknown (1909)

Codfishing is to him a "sport"; "and what sport doth yeald a more pleasing content, and lesse hurt or charge then angling with a hooke, and crossing the sweete ayre from Isle to Isle, over the silent streams of a calme Sea?" ❋ Bliss Perry (1907)

Boat-hooke, their curtleaxes, and what else came to hand, besides stones and brickes in the Cooke-roome, all which they threw amongst us, attempting still and still to breake and rip up the hatches, and boords of the steering, not desisting from their former execrations, and horrible blasphemies and revilings. ❋ Joseph Lewis French (1897)

The skillfull fisher hath his severall baits for severall fish, but there is a hooke under all; Satan, that great Angler, hath his sundry bait for sundry tempers of men, which they all catch gredily at, but few perceives the hook till it be too late. ❋ Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918 (1890)

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