crook-lug

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• Lug

  ·noun A rod or pole. II. Lug ·noun The ear, or its lobe. III. Lug ·noun Anything which moves slowl...

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• lug

  The Arenicola piscatorum, a sand-worm much used for bait. Also, of old, the term for a perch or rod ...

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• Crook

  ·noun A <<Pothook>>. II. Crook ·noun Any implement having a bent or crooked end. III. Crook ·noun ...

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• crook

  Sixpence. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• peter lug

  Who is Peter Lug? who lets the glass stand at his door, or before him. ...

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• lug-boat

  The fine Deal boats which brave the severest weather; they are rigged as luggers, and dip the yards ...

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• lug-sail

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• Throw-crook

  ·noun An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw. ...

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• crook back

  Sixpence; for the reason of this name, see CRIPPLE. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• crook shanks

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• racking crook

  a crane, or pot-hook. Northumb. ...

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• crook your elbow

  To crook one's elbow, and wish it may never come straight, if the fact then affirmed is not true--ac...

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• by hook or by crook

  One way or other; by any expedient.--Johnson. It can't be done by hook or crook, Unless your Highn...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.