"De Hook" (was: "rush the can")

[Gerald Cohen]

Whoops; I see my "rush the can" message" arrived twice at ADS-L.---
"The Hook" must refer to a section of New York City, most likely
Corlear's Hook,
a neighborhood frequented by sailors and source of the term "hooker"
(prostitute).

---Gerald Cohen

Peter McGraw wrote (June 18, 2001)

>I have the feeling I've heard "de Hook" and am supposed to know what it
>means, but if I did know, I've forgotten.  Does it refer to a particular
>area of NYC originally known, in Dutch colonial days, as "de Hoek" (the
>corner)?  Or is it something else entirely?
>
>Peter Mc.
>
>--On Monday, June 18, 2001 11:26 AM -0500 Gerald Cohen <gcohen at UMR.EDU>
>wrote:
>
>>there was no man on 'de Hook' who could rush it oftener or drink
>>deeper or fight hard then he."