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1. (US, derogatory, informal, qualifier:simile) Very unscrupulous and deceptive.
   • It's a pity that there are no laborers on the poll. I guess all us blue-collar working stiffs are as crooked as a barrel of fish hooks. 2004 December 16, Sirdrag...@gmail.com, “Ranking honesty by profession”, in can.politics (Usenet):
   • And now, to top it off, Enron executive Kenneth Lay, who is as crooked as a barrel of fish hooks, is following the Bush example of hypocrisy by saying that he is praying that God will help him get through. 2002, Triumph Prophetic Ministries (contributor), Prophecy Flash!, volume 16, page 40:
   • But Father said this man was as crooked as a barrel of fish hooks. He never went near him if he could help it. 1940, Omnibook, Incorporated (publisher), Omnibook Magazine, volume 3, number 1, page 125:

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