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noun

Pothook n.

An S-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire.

A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a scrawled writing. "I long to be spelling her Arabic scrawls and pothooks."

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Etymology of 'Pothook'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pothook" Quotes from Famous Books

... breastplate. wheelbarrow. The colon, like a bridle. The head of the larynx, like a The arse-gut, like a monk's vintage-basket. leathern bottle. The kidneys, like a trowel. The ligaments, like a tinker's The loins, like a padlock. budget. The ureters, like a pothook. The bones, like three-cornered The emulgent veins, like two cheesecakes. gilliflowers. The marrow, like a wallet. The spermatic vessels, like a The cartilages, like a field- cully-mully-puff. tortoise, alias a mole. The parastata, like an inkpot. The glandules in the mouth, like ...

— Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. • Francois Rabelais

... considerable number of drawings, and he treasures them up in his own little drawer. In this way he organizes the movement of writing, which brings him to the management of the pen. This movement in ordinary methods is represented by the wearisome pothook connected with the first laborious and tedious ...

— Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook • Maria Montessori

Words linked to "Pothook" : hook, trammel