Tenterhook

[tentәhuk]

Definition

(noun.) one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter.

Typed by Judy--From WordNet

Examples

Pray answer me: I'm on--on--' Mr. Bumble, in his alarm, could not immediately think of the word 'tenterhooks,' so he said 'broken bottles. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

Edited by Adrian

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