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- noun Plural form of
fishhook . - noun slang A
pair ofjacks (theplaying card )
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Examples
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You can buy a PSK ― Adventure Medical Kits 'Pocket Survival Pak ($33; adventuremedicalkits. com) is one of the best ― but most contain unnecessary items, such as fishhooks and snare wire.
Back-Forty Survival 2009
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So that US citizens who have the misfortune of marrying people who get caught in the fishhooks and bear traps of US immigration policy have somebody to call about changing the laws that force their families to be exiled or outlawed.
Matthew Yglesias » For Democrats, Even a 2010 Win Will Feel Like a Loss 2010
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Small fishhooks fed me more than anything else did, and you did a lot better carrying a little bit of fishing line than trying to make some.
Survival Training 2009
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Small fishhooks fed me more than anything else did, and you did a lot better carrying a little bit of fishing line than trying to make some.
Survival Training 2009
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An 85 year old Uncle told me when he was a kid grandpa bought some large fishhooks, straightened them out and soldered them together to make a gig.
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These include but are not limited to aerial hunting, deadfall traps, large fishhooks, guns, poisoning, snares, and traps.
Chris Genovali: The Death Cults Among Us Chris Genovali 2010
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It is known that anthrax bacteria are destroyed on their way through the turkey vulture's digestive system and fishermen claim that vultures can even digest brass fishhooks!
Did you know? Mexico's vultures have very different eating habits. 2009
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These include but are not limited to aerial hunting, deadfall traps, large fishhooks, guns, poisoning, snares, and traps.
Chris Genovali: The Death Cults Among Us Chris Genovali 2010
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It is known that anthrax bacteria are destroyed on their way through the turkey vulture's digestive system and fishermen claim that vultures can even digest brass fishhooks!
Did you know? Mexico's vultures have very different eating habits. 2009
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An 85 year old Uncle told me when he was a kid grandpa bought some large fishhooks, straightened them out and soldered them together to make a gig.
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