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  • noun A hook meant for supporting a hanging coat.

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Examples

  • He looked like somebody gutted him with a rusty coathook.

    Roger L. Simon » Scott Brown and Jim Webb set an example 2010

  • The real question is, does he use her chin as a coathook?

    Reese Withspoon Still All Like Boo Hoo Hoo About Her Divorce 2009

  • He took off his hat, hung it on his saddle as if the horn were a coathook, and brushed absently through his hair with his fingers.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • The Verge's interview, he is back in Mexico now, with his guns hung up on the coathook.

    Forbes.com: News Daniel Nye Griffiths 2012

  • Throughout May 2008 - Many more useful objects were made by various first-generation RepRaps - including a coathook, a pair of sandals, a door handle and a fly swatter.

    Next Big Future 2009

  • Throughout May 2008 - Many more useful objects were made by various first-generation RepRaps - including a coathook, a pair of sandals, a door handle and a fly swatter.

    Next Big Future 2009

  • I've taken precautions and a wire coat-hanger sits permanently on my coathook just in case.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

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