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Hock

noun

Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany ('hock' is British usage). Synonyms: Rhenish, Rhine wine.

Tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle. Synonym: hock-joint.

verb

Leave as a guarantee in return for money. Synonyms: pawn, soak.

Disable by cutting the hock.

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"Hock" Quotes from Famous Books

... some hock in the sideboard, and after she had drunk it they sat for some few minutes in agitated silence. The street sounds outside had died away. Julian's was the topmost flat in the block, and their isolation was complete. ...

— The Devil's Paw • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... expect we shall be ready for a hock and seltzer, at any rate," said the Colonel. "This desert dust gives a flavour to ...

— A Desert Drama - Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko" • A. Conan Doyle

... Monty limped slightly as he moved about the corral. Whitey did not know that a hair tied around a horse's leg, just above the hock, will make the animal limp, and will not be noticeable, nor that as a part of Bill's scheme Monty had been so treated. So Whitey was worried about his pony, but Bill assured him that Monty would probably be all right in a day or ...

— Injun and Whitey to the Rescue • William S. Hart

... own head? Cheapest lunch in town. Of course aristocrats, then the others copy to be in the fashion. Milly too rock oil and flour. Raw pastry I like myself. Half the catch of oysters they throw back in the sea to keep up the price. Cheap no-one would buy. Caviare. Do the grand. Hock in green glasses. Swell blowout. Lady this. Powdered bosom pearls. The elite. Creme de la creme. They want special dishes to pretend they're. Hermit with a platter of pulse keep down the stings of the flesh. Know me come eat with me. Royal ...

— Ulysses • James Joyce

... cider with his tea—a cup of tea one side and a mug of cider on the other. The German bands, who wander even into these extreme parts of the country, always ask for cider, which they say reminds them of their own wines at home—like hock, or Rhenish. Though the junction of Earle and Exe is a long way from the sea (as the Exe winds), salmon come far up above that to the moors. Salmon-fishing is preserved, but poachers take them at night ...

— The Life of the Fields • Richard Jefferies

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