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tenterhook definition

tenter·hook (ten′tər ho̵ok′)

noun

any of the hooked nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter
tenterhook Idioms

on tenterhooks

in suspense; filled with anxiety

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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