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hooker ((1)) 
1 n. Lumbering See hooktender.
See also: hooktender
- 1919 (1919) There are innumerable firms that have monopolized the services of the best hooker that ever gave signals for the high-rigger, while his short-handed crew changed the haul-back without the assistance of a grass-line.
- 1960 We invite enquiries from Hookers & Riggers, Head Loaders, Yarder Engineers, etc., who are available now. Call Don Stevenson at B. C. Forest Products. . . .
2 n. a vessel employed in hooking and transporting stones for ballast.
See also: stone-hooker
- 1934 Sometime after Halifax was founded, Bedford Basin was frequently visited by hookers, whose crews came to these shores to "hook" stones for ballast. . . .
- 1919 (1919) There are innumerable firms that have monopolized the services of the best hooker that ever gave signals for the high-rigger, while his short-handed crew changed the haul-back without the assistance of a grass-line.