Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete variant of
grapnel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A hook or drag; a grapnel.
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Examples
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I tend to be too accomodating, so the Dog had to remind me that there were nails and bits of crapnel all over the floor and under no circumstances would he put our son on that floor for a shot.
Spoiler Alert 2005
bilby commented on the word crapnel
Do I want to know what this hook is used for?
March 5, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word crapnel
Haha. There's a band in Nebraska called Shithook....
March 5, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word crapnel
The compound derogative term butthook was floating around during my Idaho youth during the 1970's.
March 5, 2011