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  • noun Plural form of hopper.

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Examples

  • It wasn't uncommon to find both Tamils and Sinhalese sharing "hoppers" -- a native delicacy -- with Tiruchelvam.

    Mourning A Man Of Peace 2008

  • Tiny green "hoppers" -- odd creatures shaped something like the fancy frogs of children's story-books -- alight upon it after a spring, and pausing a second, with another toss themselves as high as the highest bennet (veritable elm-trees by comparison), to fall anywhere out of sight in the grass.

    Nature Near London Richard Jefferies 1867

  • See the link for a factual story of one of these freight-train hoppers.

    A Must-See Movie 2009

  • See the link for a factual story of one of these freight-train hoppers.

    A Must-See Movie 2009

  • See the link for a factual story of one of these freight-train hoppers.

    A Must-See Movie 2009

  • See the link for a factual story of one of these freight-train hoppers.

    A Must-See Movie 2009

  • See the link for a factual story of one of these freight-train hoppers.

    A Must-See Movie 2009

  • We find among the features on these lofty riverbanks many remarkable hollows not unaptly termed hoppers by the country people, from the water sinking into them as grain subsides in the hopper of a mill.

    Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Thomas Mitchell 1823

  • The Money Controls product lines include coin hoppers, coin acceptors and bill validators.

    Crane Co. Completes Acquisition of Money Controls to Strengthen Its Payment Solutions Business - Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • The offerings at New Asha, 322 Victory Boulevard, (718) 420-0649, include kottu roti, a dish of shredded noodles topped with vegetable or meat curries ($1 and up); appam, the thin rice-flour pancakes also known as hoppers ($6 for five pieces); and wood-apple juice ($3).

    NYT > Travel 2010

  • The new employees worked as hoppers, Dunbar Armored Express’ term for workers responsible for loading and unloading money at route stops.

    Family Business Alexander Huls 2021

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