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HOCKER

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Hocker
1A Qualität & Beratung & 1A Preis. Hier findet jeder, was er sucht!
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hock

3  [hok]
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–verb (used with object)
1. pawn.
–noun
2. the state of being deposited or held as security; pawn: She was forced to put her good jewelry in hock.
3. the condition of owing; debt: After the loan was paid, he was finally out of hock.
Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; < D hok kennel, sty, pen, (informal) miserable place to live, prison

Related forms:
hocker, noun
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Hocker
1A Qualität & Beratung & 1A Preis. Hier findet jeder, was er sucht!
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Slang Dictionary
hock

  1. tv.
    to pawn something. : I tried to hock my watch to get some money.
  2. n.
    a foot. : My hocks are sore from all that walking.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

hock  (n.1)
"joint in the hind leg of a horse," 1540, earlier hockshin, from O.E. hoh-sinu "Achilles' tendon," lit. "heel sinew," from hoh "heel," from P.Gmc. *khankha- (cf. Ger. Hachse "hock," O.E. hæla "heel").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: hock
Pronunciation: 'häk
Function: noun
: the joint or region of the joint that unites the tarsal bones in the hind limb of a digitigradequadruped (as the horse) and that corresponds to the human ankle but is elevated and bends backward
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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