Hooker

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Hooker
    n 1: United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at
         Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879) [syn:
         {Hooker}, {Joseph Hooker}, {Fighting Joe Hooker}]
    2: English theologian (1554-1600) [syn: {Hooker}, {Richard
       Hooker}]
    3: a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
       [syn: {streetwalker}, {street girl}, {hooker}, {hustler},
       {floozy}, {floozie}, {slattern}]
    4: a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed
       golfers)
    5: (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the
       scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hooker \Hook"er\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, hooks.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Naut.)
      (a) A Dutch vessel with two masts.
      (b) A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of
          Ireland.
      (c) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.
          [1913 Webster]
from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Hooker, OK (city, FIPS 36000)
  Location: 36.85991 N, 101.21196 W
  Population (1990): 1551 (742 housing units)
  Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Hooker, OK -- U.S. city in Oklahoma
   Population (2000):    1788
   Housing Units (2000): 812
   Land area (2000):     0.912075 sq. miles (2.362264 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.912075 sq. miles (2.362264 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            36000
   Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
   Location:             36.861425 N, 101.213915 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Hooker, OK
    Hooker
from U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Hooker -- U.S. County in Nebraska
   Population (2000):    783
   Housing Units (2000): 440
   Land area (2000):     721.165668 sq. miles (1867.810427 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.340928 sq. miles (0.882999 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    721.506596 sq. miles (1868.693426 sq. km)
   Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
   Location:             42.042065 N, 101.081138 W
   Headwords:
    Hooker
    Hooker, NE
    Hooker County
    Hooker County, NE
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "hooker":
      B-girl, Cyprian, Paphian, argosy, bark, bawd, boat, bottom, bucket,
      call girl, craft, daughter of joy, drab, erring sister,
      fallen woman, fille, fille de joie, harlot, hulk, hull, hustler,
      keel, leviathan, meretrix, packet, painted woman, poule,
      prostitute, scarlet woman, ship, stew, streetwalker, tub,
      unfortunate woman, vessel, watercraft, white slave, whore
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