hooker

noun10

1. •
   One who, or that which, hooks.
2. •
   (slang) a prostitute, a person who is paid to have sex

   • All my life, been hustling / And tonight is my appraisal / 'Cause I'm a hooker selling songs / And my pimp's a record label — 2018
3. •
   A player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.
4. •
   A batsman or batswoman adept at or fond of playing hook shots.

   • I once saw Hassett drop England opening batsman and compulsive hooker, Cyril Washbrook, twice in succession at deep fine leg. — 1990
5. •
   A crocheter.
6. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) An imprecise measure of alcoholic drink; a "slug" (of gin), or an overlarge gulp.

   • Emily had cut short these 3 A.M. glooms with a hooker of bourbon. — 1993
7. •
   A small fishing boat.
8. •
   (slang) Any antiquated craft.

   • [T]he poor Flash is gone, and there is an end of it. Poor old hooker. Hey, Almayer? You made a voyage or two with me. Wasn’t she a sweet craft? — 1896
9. •
   (informal, old-fashioned) Synonym of hook (“attention-grabbing element of a creative work”).
10. •
    (no longer used) A thief who uses a pole with a hook on the end to steal goods.

    • They are sure to be clyd in the night by the angler, or hooker, or such like pilferers that liue upon the spoyle of other poore people. — 1608