HOOKERS

A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.

A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.

Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.

One who, or that which, hooks.

A small fishing boat.

Any antiquated craft.

A prostitute.

(1920s to 1940s) An imprecise measure of alcoholic drink; a "slug" (of gin), or an overlarge gulp.