bread hookn.
/ˈbrɛd hʊk/, U.S. /ˈbrɛd ˌhʊk/ 1. slang (originally and chiefly North American). A finger or hand. Usually in plural. Cf. hook n.1 1c.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun]
fingerOE
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Welsh comb1788
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1845 Floridian (Tallahassee) 1 Nov. The rein broke... ‘Hold on,’ says I, and Hetty let in her bread hooks the gripe of death [etc.].
1902 Daily Tel. (Sydney) 21 June 6/3 Those who..love to hear how this bruiser was put to sleep by the impact of a breadhook on his basket, will find here a good deal to their liking.
2018 @Andrew_Ervin 18 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 1 May 2019) Can I please get my bread hooks on a copy?
2. A hook-shaped attachment for an electric food mixer, used to mix and knead dough; = dough hook n. at dough n. Compounds 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > baker's equipment > kneading machine > part of
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1924 Macleay Chron. (Kempsey, New S. Wales) 14 May 2/3 Each attachment is efficient for a special operation... An egg beater, a batter beater,..a pastry knife, a bread hook.., and an ice chopper.
2017 Irish Independent (Nexis) 7 Oct. (Weekend section) 39 Put the flour, salt and sugar into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a bread hook.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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