"lunch hook" meaning in English

See lunch hook in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-lunch hook.wav [US] Forms: lunch hooks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lunch hook (plural lunch hooks)
  1. (slang) A person's hand. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-lunch_hook-en-noun-kMdPswnO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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