hooker 1
/hook"euhr/ , n.
1. a person or thing that hooks.
2. Slang. prostitute.
3. Slang. a large drink of liquor.
4. Slang. a concealed problem, flaw, or drawback; a catch.
5. Rugby. a player who hooks the ball in the front line of scrummage.
6. ( cap. ) Offensive. an Amish Mennonite.
[ 1560-70; 1835-45, Amer. for def. 2; HOOK 1 + -ER 1 ]
hooker 2
/hook"euhr/ , n. Naut.
1. Slang. any old-fashioned or clumsy vessel.
2. any fishing vessel working with hooks and lines rather than nets.
[ 1635-45; hoeker, equiv. to hoek HOOK 1 + -er -ER 1 ]