"meat hook" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: meat hooks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} meat hook (plural meat hooks)
  1. A two-sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs. Translations (two-sided hook for hanging meat): carnārium [neuter] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-meat_hook-en-noun-PUpFVozK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'two-sided hook for hanging meat': 89 11
  2. (slang, usu. plural) One's hands or arms. Tags: slang Synonyms: biscuit hooks
    Sense id: en-meat_hook-en-noun-Zput6as- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49

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