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- noun Plural form of
tenterhook .
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Examples
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Today you mentioned being on "tender hooks '"; I believe the term is actually "tenterhooks" implying a state of anxiety (and actually, in origin, is related to the manufacture of cloth!).
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Today you mentioned being on "tender hooks '"; I believe the term is actually "tenterhooks" implying a state of anxiety (and actually, in origin, is related to the manufacture of cloth!).
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Today you mentioned being on "tender hooks '"; I believe the term is actually "tenterhooks" implying a state of anxiety (and actually, in origin, is related to the manufacture of cloth!).
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The AbitibiBowater paper mill near Liverpool is expected to reopen as planned next week, though the community is on "tenterhooks" as the company seeks bankruptcy protection, the mayor of the region says.
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The 16-strong team was on "tenterhooks" over the delicate bid to separate Trishna and Krishna, aged two, which will take about 16 hours, plastic surgeon Tony Holmes told reporters at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital.
My Sinchew - 2009
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Today you mentioned being on "tender hooks '"; I believe the term is actually "tenterhooks" implying a state of anxiety (and actually, in origin, is related to the manufacture of cloth!).
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O'Brien, who is currently embroiled in a key storyline, said all the cast and crew had been on "tenterhooks" waiting to hear good news.
British Blogs 2009
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"tenterhooks" and fearing for his son's life if the all-rounder travels to play in next month's Indian Premier League.
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Now prices must remain high to encourage U.S. farmers to plant more corn and soybeans in the spring, and traders will be on tenterhooks to see whether crops in the U.S. are enough to correct the deficit in inventories.
End Of Cheap Food Era May Be Near Nicole Hardesty 2011
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Now prices must remain high to encourage U.S. farmers to plant more corn and soybeans in the spring, and traders will be on tenterhooks to see whether crops in the U.S. are enough to correct the deficit in inventories.
End Of Cheap Food Era May Be Near Nicole Hardesty 2011
slumry commented on the word tenterhooks
If one is on tenterhooks, he is in a state of painful anxiety or unease.
June 27, 2007
oroboros commented on the word tenterhooks
Tenderhooks are much nicer, and, of course, preferred!
August 16, 2007
stephanieconn commented on the word tenterhooks
The compound tenterhook (1480) is "one of the hooks that holds cloth on a tenter." The figurative phrase on tenterhooks "in painful suspense" is from 1748; earlier to be on tenters (1533).
from: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=t&p=6
June 9, 2009
stephanieconn commented on the word tenterhooks
Often misused as "Tenderhooks."
June 9, 2009