Pawn (4)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">pawn</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(hock can mean to pawn an item at a pawnbroker's)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for hock that I've seen before include "Dry white wine" , "Dry Rhine wine" , "Dry wine; joint; pawn" , "German white wine from Rhineland" , "Buy property, say" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">pawn</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Another definition for cat's-paw that I've seen is " One used by another".)