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hooker

slang A prostitute, typically a female. A lot of hookers hang around this part of town at night. I bet hookers can still be found in the seedier parts of the city.

hotter than a hooker's doorknob on nickel night

rude slang Very hot. Usually said in reference to air temperature. A: "I heard it's pretty warm out today." B: "Oh yeah, hotter than a hooker's doorknob on nickel night."

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hooker

n. a prostitute. (Usually a female, but of either sex. This has to do with hooking men into a situation where they can be exploited sexually or robbed. It has nothing to do with a certain General Hooker.) This neighborhood has a few hookers who hang around on the street corners.

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Hooker Furniture EPS is expected to be around 43 cents, according to sell-side analysts.

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MAURICE HOOKER versus Jose Carlos Ramirez has been promoted under the tagline 'All or Nothing', which isn't quite true, but it is a fascinating fight between two undefeated world champions and it is almost a pick 'em in the betting to unify both titles.

Ramirez has extra class that can sway the judges his way

World Rugby has banned 'axial loading', a process of concentrating scrum power on the opposing hooker instead of allowing it to be spread along the shoulders of the opposing front-row.

Front-row veteran reveals why scrum laws had to change

Catterall moved to 24-0 with a comfortable victory leaving him set to become the mandatory challenger for Hooker's WBO super-lightweight belt.

Boxing news: Jack Catterall sends Maurice Hooker message as he eyes world title shot; Unbeaten prospect Jack Catterall is eyeing a huge world title showdown with WBO super-lightweight champion Maurice Hooker

Eagins and Hooker poured in a game-high 24 points apiece Tuesday to lead host Downers South to an 84-52 Class 4A regional semifinal victory over Batavia.

Downers Grove South gets a boost

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Then, just as my wife, Peg, was about to lose her mind from the clutter, became aware of a quality solution--Skull Hooker.

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At the age of 6, Olivia Hooker huddled under a table with her siblings, ordered by her mother to stay silent as a white mob rampaged through her house in the Greenwood District of Tulsa.

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Represented within the Kew collections are examples of botanical illustrations created for East India Company surgeon-botanists William Roxburgh, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, Nathaniel Wallich and John Forbes Royle; as well as works created for, and by, Hugh Falconer, James Cathcart, Marianne North and Joseph Dalton Hooker.

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Sam Hooker; THE WINTER RIDDLE; Black Spot Books (Fiction: Fantasy) 14.99 ISBN: 9781732400702

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Dan Hooker is set to face his first ranked opponent as he will meet Edson Barboza in a lightweight bout at UFC Milwaukee on Dec.

Edson Barboza vs. Dan Hooker Booked For UFC Milwaukee

Phillips Pet Food & Supplies (http://phillipspet.com/) recently named Bill Hooker, EMBA, as senior vice president, Sales.

Phillips Pet Food & Supplies Appoints New Senior VP of Sales

BY david anderson TERRY FLANAGAN could land a rematch with Maurice Hooker after losing his proud unbeaten record to the American.

hooker, line & sinker chance for terry

MAURICE Hooker says he would be willing to give Terry Flanagan a rematch for the WBO superlightweight title - but it would have to be in America.