Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any one of several species of vanessoid butterflies, supposedly so named by hop-growers because of the silver-and-gold markings of the chrysalis.
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Examples
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A small time after this robbery they committed another upon a hop-merchant, who was riding with his wife.
Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward
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The aristocrats got a little frightened, and when an eminent hop-merchant and his lady had asked a dozen Countesses to dinner, and forgot to be at home to receive them, the old class left off quizzing.
The Voyage of Captain Popanilla Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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A small time after this robbery they committed another upon a hop-merchant, who was riding with his wife.
Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed Hayward, A L 1735
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(pretty daughter of a hop-merchant in affluent circumstances), who affects revolutionary ideals.
Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914 Various 1898
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(noun) - A dancing-master. --B.E.'s Dictionary of the Canting Crew, 1699
April 22, 2018