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 Hock-day or Hock Tuesday.Hocking. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Hock’ey.
 
A game in which each player has a hooked stick or bandy with which to strike the ball. Hockey is simply the diminutive of hook. Called Shinty in Scotland.   1
 


 Hock-day or Hock Tuesday.Hocking. 

 
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