boathook

Definitions

1. A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat.
2. A pole or rod with such a hook at one end.
   broadly

Equivalents

Examples

“After that, Hanukkah curled up on the steps of the mosque and withdrew into sleep⟳ and his dream⟳ of Sarah, of the faint smell⟳ of burning sandalwood when she took his head into her lap, a dream⟳ from which Amram’s horny toe now dislodged him with all the tenderness of a boathook.”

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