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Definition of Tenterhooks
1. tenterhook [n] - See also: tenterhook
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenterhooks
Literary usage of Tenterhooks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress) (1826)
"I hope (though the wish is a cruel one) that my fair readers, if any such readers
have deigned to follow me thus far, are on tenterhooks to know to whom the ..."
2. A Study of the Artist's Way of Working in the Various Handicrafts and Arts by Russell Sturgis (1905)
"... is the covering and concealing of walls, and when this is carried out — when
the arras is hung by tenterhooks near the ceiling and swings free without ..."
3. The Artist's Way of Working in the Various Handicrafts and Arts of Design by Russell Sturgis (1905)
"... is the covering and concealing of walls, and when this is carried out — when
the arras is hung by tenterhooks near the ceiling and swings free without ..."
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