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pot⋅hook

  [pot-hook]
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–noun
1. a hook for suspending a pot or kettle over an open fire.
2. an iron rod, usually curved, with a hook at the end, used to lift hot pots, irons, stove lids, etc.
3. an S-shaped stroke in writing, esp. as made by children in learning to write.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME pottehok. See pot 1 , hook
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pot·hook   (pŏt'hŏŏk')   
n.  

  1. A bent or hooked piece of iron for hanging a pot or kettle over a fire.

  2. A curved iron rod with a hooked end used for lifting hot pots, irons, or stove lids.

  3. A curved, S-shaped mark made in writing.

    1. Illegible handwriting or aimless scribbling. Often used in the plural.

    2. Informal Stenographic writing.

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