Phrase meaning

Posted by James Briggs on January 13, 2005

In Reply to: Phrase meaning posted by ESC on January 12, 2005

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

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: 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?

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