Sad goes the swain, unhooks the steer that mourns his fellow's fate, And in mid labour leaves the plough-gear fast.
"The Georgics"
Virgil
With a deft movement the conductor unhooks the board, and calmly walks away with it under his arm.
"Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist"
Alexander Berkman
You only need to put your hand on it an' just stir it an' it unhooks inside like one of them new patent mouse traps as catch you ten times to every once they catch a mouse, an' then it begins to ring like a fire alarm an' bang like the Fourth of July, an' it don't never stop itself again until some one as is perfectly healthy comes tearin' barefoot from somewhere to turn it over an' hook it up an' get Mrs. Kitts whatever she wants."
"Susan Clegg and a Man in the House"
Anne Warner