throw-crook

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throw-crook (plural throw-crooks)

  1. (archaic, agriculture) A tool for twisting ropes out of straw.
    Synonym: throw hook
    • 1851, Henry Stephens, The Book of the Farm[1]:
      two persons are engaged in the making of one rope with the throw-crook; whereas, with the spinner, four persons are only required to make three ropes

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