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hock

[hok] / hɒk /
VERB
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

She added that the company had this month moved to using lower stocking density birds "which will have a significant positive impact on the reduction of hock markings, amongst other welfare benefits".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

She was the kind of cook who would heap up your plate with such as ham hock, greens, black-eyed peas, fried fish, cabbage, sweet potatoes, grits and gravy, and combread.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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