Boat hook

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Police use a boat hook to hoist in a body. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)

A boat hook was an angled pole used for hoisting boats. In 1889, London police used a boat hook to pull a body out of the River Thames. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)