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What's the meaning and origin of 'on tenterhooks'? ... [Q] From Lee Becker: What’s the meaning and origin of on tenterhooks? ... But at one time, the phrase on tenterhooks would have evoked an image that was immediately understandable.
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Tenterhook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tenterhooks were used as far back as the fourteenth century in the process of making woollen cloth. After the cloth was woven it still contained oil from the fleece and some dirt. A fuller (also call...
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I am on tenterhooks, or on tenterhooks of great expectation. My curiosity is on the full stretch, I am most curious or anxious to hear the issue. Cloth, after being woven, is stretched or “tentered” on hooks passed through the selvages.
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; Tenter Hooks available in 9 different sizes. Nail in to hold artwork, etc., to walls or other hard surfaces. ... Tenter Hook Zinc or Brass Plated; $0.10 ... Click to enlarge...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Just two days after the Los Angeles Dodgers' World Series bid ended, the team warily prepared for fresh aftershocks following the separation between franchise owner Frank McCourt ... The couple, who married in 1979, ... What was always likely to pan out as a messy divorce case is now further complicated,
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on tenterhooks (not comparable) ... Positive; on tenterhooks ... Why do you keep me on tenterhooks like this, putting me off and off?
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Download the free eBook: Tenterhooks by Ada Leverson ... Author Leverson, Ada, 1862-1933 ... Title Tenterhooks...
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Tenterhooks (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tenterhooks was Chris Mars' third studio album. Its title comes from the tenterhooks used to stretch cloth. •"White Paddy Rap" •"Forkless Tree" •"Mary" •"Lizard Brain" •"Hate It" •"Brother Song" •"...
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Jez Lowe, Tenterhooks (Fellside Records, 1996) ... Tenterhooks kicks off with 'Sons of the Century', a new twist on the traditional style, with the protest being aimed at and acknowledged by the singer of the song. Next up is the superb "Sweep Horizons Clean"; entrancing guitar work and a ridiculously hummable melody embed...
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