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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
hoik .
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Examples
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It's hard to tell from half a field away – is being hoiked off the ground by two others.
Dartington College of Arts' relocation could be a threat to its identity 2010
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When everyone's gone home, and after the last brown rice Sunday joint has been hoiked off to Tufnell Park, the two cows probably lock horns and fight like Robert Mitchum's tattoed fingers in The Night of the Hunter.
Creature Feature No 3 Peter Ashley 2008
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Meanwhile Alex Salmond continues to ride high in the polls and will only be hoiked off the top when he and his ministers start to find the wheels coming off their various policies.
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Of course, when I was looking at it, I thought, "Wow, if they had just hoiked it up a bit so that the flappy eyebrows were the top of the dress, this might actually work."
November 2009 2009
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Of course, when I was looking at it, I thought, "Wow, if they had just hoiked it up a bit so that the flappy eyebrows were the top of the dress, this might actually work."
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Meanwhile Alex Salmond continues to ride high in the polls and will only be hoiked off the top when he and his ministers start to find the wheels coming off their various policies.
Archive 2007-08-05 2007
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Claire snuck into our bed on Monday night – I know, I know – and I ended up falling asleep with my left arm hoiked up over my head.
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I said my goodbyes and hoiked a monster wheelie which Ewan told me later drew cheers and applause from a bunch of kids on bicycles.
Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007
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We stopped at yet another checkpoint and as we pulled away, as if in defiance of the elements, Charley hoiked the front wheel.
Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007
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Claire snuck into our bed on Monday night – I know, I know – and I ended up falling asleep with my left arm hoiked up over my head.
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