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Consider this?

Posted by SR on January 13, 2005

In Reply to: Phrase meaning posted by James Briggs on January 13, 2005

: : : Shoot the bucket out of the bean hook
: : : cumes from Joliet IL in the 1930s or 1940s
: : : Anyone know the meaning?

: :
: : I've never heard it. But it is very intriguing. Could bean hook refer to something to hold a bean pot over a fire?

: Could it be 'beam hook', ie a hook from a beam from which a bucket is suspended?

Slang terms here! The head is sometimes called the 'bean,' and the nose is called the 'hook.' As with hitting a spittoon with a gob from the mouth, to blow through the nose (hook) and hit the bucket (spittoon). It is a stretch, I know, but could it be?

SR

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