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shave hook

noun

Definition of shave hook

: a tool consisting of a sharp-edged steel plate set transversely at the end of a shank fixed in a handle and used especially by plumbers and metalworkers for scraping metals

History and Etymology for shave hook

Middle English shave hok, from shaven to shave + hok hook

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