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Captain Hook

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  • proper noun The pirate captain from Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie. Named for the hook that replaces one of his hands, he is the nemesis of Peter Pan. He lives in fear of the huge crocodile who ate his missing hand, and is obsessed with the notion of good form.

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Examples

  • The crocodile who first eats the right hand, then the rest of Captain Hook is a 20-foot-long Burning Man vehicle made of coathangers and similar debris, propelled about the stage by two visible actors inside.

    Peter, Wendy and Spectacle 2010

  • In Peter Pan, Captain Hook always goes on about how death is the greatest adventure, but at the end of the story, we find out, it's really not.

    Archive 2007-09-01 2007

  • In Peter Pan, Captain Hook always goes on about how death is the greatest adventure, but at the end of the story, we find out, it's really not.

    Randy Pausch 2007

  • We've got a refrigerator balanced on our shoulders and have to gingerly set that back down so we can retreat to the den to hear Captain Hook say "I don't WANT to be a good captain!" and then fall off his boat, while she's rolling around on the floor in hysterics and wiping tears of laughter from her cheeks.

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2002

  • So how did the children get on helping Peter battle against Captain Hook?

    WN.com - Articles related to World Trade Center (PG-13) 2010

  • Aided by Tinker Bell, a corporate lawyer turns into Peter Pan to rescue his children from Captain Hook.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • So how did the children get on helping Peter battle against Captain Hook?

    WN.com - Articles related to World Trade Center (PG-13) 2010

  • So how did the children get on helping Peter battle against Captain Hook?

    WN.com - Articles related to World Trade Center (PG-13) 2010

  • So how did the children get on helping Peter battle against Captain Hook?

    WN.com - Articles related to World Trade Center (PG-13) 2010

  • Don't forget the other popular pirate related characters like Captain Hook and Peter Pan.

    Purpleocity.net 2009

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