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  • My cusin Hank has a 308 normal magnum that he cleans with some fruity stuff called hopps.

    The Great Barrel Break-In Fad 2007

  • Eevur teh hoomins r eksirsizing, wich ai hopps iz tru, oar teh foto wuz staiged, wich kinda spoilz et fur mii.

    It’s a good start. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • Actually being able to rely on a waitress to bring forth the barley and the hopps instead of sending a delegate to the over-populated and under-staffed bar to procure the next highly anticipated round.

    bethany9 Diary Entry bethany9 2004

  • The free roving Songster of the forest, now rambles unconfin'd, and hopps from

    John Adams diary 1, 18 November 1755 - 29 August 1756 1961

  • John Evelyn was very much against them, probably because he was such an advocate of cider: 'It is little more than an age,' he says, 'since hopps transmuted our wholesome ale into beer, which doubtless much altered our constitutions.

    A Short History of English Agriculture 1893

  • Thence to Rochester 8 mile, I came by a great many ffine hopp yards where they were at work pulling ye hopps.

    Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888

  • Thence to Winchester 7 mile – in one mile off the town is Woolsey yt was formerly ye Bishops house, a large Rambling building like a little town, this is on Maudline hill whereon a Considerable ffaire is kept neare Michelmas, ye Traffique mostly hopps which yt Country produceth good and Cheese – its noted for a vast many of Waines from Severall parts especially from the West Country.

    Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888

  • And if you do intend to keep your Meathe a long time, you may put into it some hopps on this fashion.

    The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened Kenelm Digby 1634

  • /29/2009 - I'm thankful for the ham in my bean soup, the onions on my burger and the hopps in my beer.

    Mighty Wombat 2009

  • She'd have to do the cooking, as I can't boil water without the fire department going on alert and my family herding me away from hot grease of any kind, but I can definitely bring the hopps and barley.

    Newscoma 2009

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