meat hook

collocation in English

meaningsofmeatandhook

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meat
noun
uk
/miːt/us
/miːt/
the flesh of an animal when it is used ...
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hook
noun[C]
uk
/hʊk/us
/hʊk/
a curved device used for catching or holding things, especially one attached to a surface for hanging ...
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(Definition ofmeatandhookfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These include such devilish devices as the drawing rack, burying alive, and suspension from ameathook.
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She drops themeathookas she comes upon the same white tent where a church congregation is meeting.
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The performer displays a largemeathookand then proceeds to force it into the nostril, through his nasal cavity and out his mouth.
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He hangs him on ameathookuntil he agrees to it.
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Craig grabs her, but she incapacitates him with ameathookshe grabbed earlier.
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Jackson was impaled, while hanging a foot in the air through his rectum with ameathookwhile being questioned by mob enforcers.
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Ameathookhanging from the ceiling of a passageway near the main kitchen had to be pulled in a certain direction to unlock the trapdoor.
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Eurostar has a separate compartment for them to rest and there are two gaols on board with meat hooks on which the handcuffs can be placed.
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There are many types of hooks, but meat hooks are the only ones used in butchering.
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She also recalled scenes of people hanging on meat hooks that were cut.
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Iron meat hooks remain in the ceiling.
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