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Answer for the clue "Straight part of a fishhook ", 5 letters:
shank

Alternative clues for the word shank

Leg cut of beef
What a knee-sock covers
A cut of meat
Lamb cut
Evening segment
Cut of beef

Word definitions for shank in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1927, in golf, "to strike (the ball) with the heel of the club," from shank (n.). Related: Shanked ; shanking . Earlier as "to take to one's legs" (1774, Scottish); "to send off without ceremony" (1816).

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