wad-hook

A form of wad hook — two spiral blades arranged something like a corkscrew and fastened to a ramrod for extracting spherical objects from the bottom of a bore-hole, particularly a bullet from the barrel of a firearm

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Meanings

nounwad-hook (plural wad-hooks)

plural wad-hooks

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of wad hook.
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APA

wad-hook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wad-hook

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Chicago

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