Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The climbing stem or bine of the hop-plant, Humulus Lupulus.
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Examples
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The seed of the hops were scattered loosely over the earth, and from them arose the graceful hop-vine, climbing over everything.
Finnish Legends for English Children R. Eivind
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But the benches and desks were polished and rubbed by use; the walnuts in the yard had grown, and the hop-vine which he himself had planted now festooned the windows even to the roof.
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker
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We have a hop-vine at the window and it has protected the flowers in the memory-bed.
Letters on an Elk Hunt Elinore Pruitt Stewart
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But the benches and desks were polished and rubbed by use; the walnuts in the yard had grown, and the hop-vine which he himself had planted now festooned the windows even to the roof.
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I laughed also, as I sat down in the hop-vine arbour.
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He reverted to it suddenly as we sat again in the hop-vine arbour, looking at the glimmering radiance of the September sea.
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I found him so one afternoon in the hop-vine arbour.
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Let's sit down here in the hop-vine arbour, master.
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Abel was sitting in the hop-vine arbour; beside him Captain
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Abel and I passed successfully the test of silence that evening in the hop-vine arbour.
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