Speakur

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on tender hooks

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables
on -ten-der hooks
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Misconstruction of on tenterhooks.

Questions

What does on tender hooks mean?
Misconstruction of on tenterhooks.

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