Which makes one wonder: what exactly is a tenterhook?. From Wordnik.com. [My Pseudonymic Self] Reference
They won't press me, sartin sure, 'cos o' my tenterhook here, and I'll keep my weather eye open, trust me for that. ". From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Last week we'd gone to check on the buds and decided to leave them for another week, which put us on a special kind tenterhook, since there's a good chance in the meanwhile that some other sansai gatherer who knows where the thorny trees are will come along with every right to take the buds - they are wild and free, after all - plus, there are mountain hikers passing near all the time who may spot and are not above even breaking the branches to get at the delicious tender buds to have with their camp dinner. From Wordnik.com. [PureLandMountain.com] Reference
Russia on tenterhook over sanctions on Iran. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Photown News] Reference
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