DCHP-3

hook ((1))

[< hook take without permission; steal]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1v.

See quote.

Quotations

1934
Sometime after Halifax was founded, Bedford Basin was frequently visited by hookers, whose crews came to these shores to "hook" stones for ballast and who were prone to take (or "hook") stones from any beach, regardless of ownership, when they had failed to obtain a return cargo.
2v. — Slang

hook a ride, beg a ride; hitch a ride.

Quotations

1958
He left me . . . and I had to hook a ride home.