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Hock-(dictionary)

hock(6) (iou)



hock noun6. slang (chiefly N. Amer.). M19.
[Dutch hok hutch, hovel, prison, (slang) credit, debt.]
Pawn, pledge; debt. Also, prison. Chiefly in in hock
Collier's My cash was gone, and I was in hock for the next three years. G. Clare There was never enough money to get her brooch out of hock again.
Comb.: hock-shop a pawnshop.