Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
hop-sacking , 2.
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Examples
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“Yes,” he replied, patting her cheek, “when you smile you would charm, though dressed in a hop-sack.”
The Village Coquette Anonymous 1822
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No wonder then that Frenchmen, in general, wear coarse linen: a hop-sack could not long resist so severe a process.
Paris as It Was and as It Is Francis W. Blagdon 1798
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I hadn't your prudence and intelligence, to be able to carry eggs in a hop-sack .... "
Pelle the Conqueror — Complete Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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I hadn't your prudence and intelligence, to be able to carry eggs in a hop-sack .... "
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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