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boat-hooks

n. (plural of boat-hook lang=en nodot=1) ((alternative spelling of boathooks lang=en nocap=1 nodot=1)).

Usage examples of "boat-hooks".

Two men, a hamper, and three oars immediately left the boat on the larboard side, and reclined on the bank, and one and a half moments afterwards, two other men disembarked from the starboard, and sat down among boat-hooks and sails and carpet-bags and bottles.