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hock

[hok] / hɒk /
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pawn
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Markets are likely to expect higher U.K. public spending under Burnham due to his past comments that the U.K. shouldn’t be “in hock to the bond markets,” Deutsche Bank strategists said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Razor-sharp teeth and surgical precision allow the bats to make an incision in an animal, such as in the hock of a cow, without the animal feeling it.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

Chicken with hock burn markings is still safe to eat.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

The company declined to share its actual hock burn figures but said it had plans in place to publish a full and detailed animal welfare report soon.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

With a longing that almost split him open, he thought of her handing him a bit of smoked hock out of her dish.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison




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