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tender hooks or tenterhooks??

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fluffyblond | 16:20 Wed 09th Mar 2011 | Phrases & Sayings
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This is driving me mad, which 1???
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next not sure where this should go so I will put it in here folks
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Tenterhook
16:21 Wed 09th Mar 2011
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It's temterhooks, they were discussing it on the radio the other day.
16:21 Wed 09th Mar 2011
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tenterhooks
16:21 Wed 09th Mar 2011
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Agreed. I've never seen a hook that was tender.
16:23 Wed 09th Mar 2011
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from Chambers

tenterhook noun a sharp hooked nail used for fastening cloth to a tenter. on tenterhooks in a state of impatient suspense or anxiety.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c.
16:24 Wed 09th Mar 2011
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are you now hanging in suspense for the answer.......on tenterhooks?
16:26 Wed 09th Mar 2011
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tenterhooks which i believe were hooks that animal skins were attached to to stretch them
16:26 Wed 09th Mar 2011
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The skins were stretched out on tenters and pegged out with tenterhooks This is also where the word tent comes from.
15:38 Thu 10th Mar 2011

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