Fleshhook

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hook designed to lift meat out of boiling water. historical

    "It was the custom of Eli's sons (the priest) that when any man brought a sacrifice to God, the priest's servant came while the flesh was boiling with a fleshhook in his hand."

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"It was the custom of Eli's sons (the priest) that when any man brought a sacrifice to God, the priest's servant came while the flesh was boiling with a fleshhook in his hand."

Etymology

From flesh + hook.

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