hooker

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  1. noun A single-masted fishing smack used off the coast of Ireland.
  2. noun An old worn-out or clumsy ship.
  3. noun One that hooks.
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  • ShamWow pitchman Vince Shlomi was arrested on felony battery charges in Miami last month following a violent encounter with a hooker, according to The Smoking Gun: —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • This hooker should be awarded some sort of a medal for doing what the "ShamPow" guy should have done long ago - biting this annoying —  The Gun Toting Liberal
  • Asked if she worked as a hooker, Harris declined comment.
  • If you can swap your GF for a battery-operated vagina or a cheap hooker, then the world is saved. —  The Malay Male
  • This girl sucks cock like a hooker, a total gobbling knob job! —  Pornpig Porn Party
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hooker:   hookers
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Dutch hoeker, from Middle Dutch hoeckboot : hoec, fishhook; see keg- in Indo-European roots + boot, boat.
  2. Probably from the hook-like form of the arm taken in raising a drink to the mouth.

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  1. from hook + -er.
  2. Formerly also howker (= G. Danish huker), from Dutch hoeker, from hoek, a hook. It was also called in D. hoekboot, Middle Dutch hoeckboot, a fishing-boat, from hoek, = English hook, + boot = English boat.
 

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