Hook, Captain

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | 221 words | Copyright

Hook, Captain the dark and sinister pirate captain with a steel hook in place of his right hand, who in Barrie's Peter Pan is the mortal enemy of Peter, but who in the end falls victim to the crocodile which stalks him.

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