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A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.

A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.

Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.

The curved needle used in the art of crochet.

Something contrived or artificial.

To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc.

To scrounge, to grub.