HOOK OR CROOK

Domain	Definition
Literature	Hook or Crook (By). Either rightfully or wrongfully; in one way or another. Formerly the poor of a manor were allowed to go into the forests with a hook and crook to get wood. What they could not reach they might pull down with their crook. The French equivalent is "A droit ou � tort, " or "De bric et de broc. " Either with the thief's hook or the bishop's crook. Mrs. S. C. Hall, in her Ireland (vol. ii. p. 149 n.), states, as the origin of this phrase, that when the ships of Strongbow were entering Waterford harbour he noticed a tower on one side and a church on the other. Inquiring their names, he was told it was the "Tower of Hook" and the "Church of Crook." Then said he, "We must take the town by Hook and by Crook." There is no such person as St. Crook mentioned by the Bollandists. "Dymnure Wood was ever open and common to the ... inhabitants of Bodmin ... to bear away upon their backs a burden of lop, crop, hook, crook, and bag wood." - Bodmin Register (1525). "The which his sire had scrapt by hooke or crooke." Spenser: Faerie Queene, book v. ii. line 20. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Modern Usage: HOOK OR CROOK

Commercial Usage: HOOK OR CROOK

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Books	Majyk by Hook or Crook (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: HOOK OR CROOK

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number -- just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice. Following is the revised edition of the Decalogue, calculated for this meridian. Thou shalt no God but me adore: 'Twere too expensive to have more. No images nor idols make For Robert Ingersoll to break. Take not God's name in vain; select A time when it will have effect. Work not on Sabbath days at all, But go to see the teams play ball. Honor thy parents. That creates For life insurance lower rates. Kill not, abet not those who kill; Thou shalt not pay thy butcher's bill. Kiss not thy neighbor's wife, unless Thine own thy neighbor doth caress Don't steal; thou'lt never thus compete Successfully in business. Cheat. Bear not false witness -- that is low -- But "hear 'tis rumored so and so." Cover thou naught that thou hast not By hook or crook, or somehow, got. G.J.
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Expression: HOOK OR CROOK

Modern Translation: HOOK OR CROOK

Language		Translations for "HOOK OR CROOK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		ha (an, beshrew me if, by hook or by crook, by hook or crook, don't take it unkindly if, except, except for, gin, ha, how about you and me hitching up together?, if, I'll be blowed if, I'll be damned if, I'll be shot if, I'll eat my hat if, I'm a dutchman if, it does no good to, it is bad luck to, let me die if, low-voiced, provided that, what boots it to), törik ha szakad (by hook or by crook, by hook or crook), mindenáron (at all costs, at any rate, by any means, by fair means or foul, by hook or by crook, by hook or crook), eszközökben való válogatás nélkül (by hook or by crook, by hook or crook), akárhogy is (by hook or by crook, by hook or crook). (various references)

Pig Latin		ookhay oray ookcray

Turkish		ne yapıp yapıp (by hook or crook, nip and tuck), şu veya bu şekilde (by hook or crook), öyle ya da böyle (by hook or crook, more or less, rain or shine). (various references)
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Anagrams: HOOK OR CROOK

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-h-k-k-o-o-o-o-o-r-r"
	-5 letters: hooroo.
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Alternative Orthography: HOOK OR CROOK

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Specialty Definition: HOOK OR CROOK

Expression using "HOOK OR CROOK": by hook or crook. Additional references.
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