kangaroo-hop

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• Hop

  ·vt To impregnate with hops. II. Hop ·vi To <<Dance>>. III. Hop ·noun A dance; ·esp., an informal ...

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• hop

  A dance.--Johnson. This word has always been used here as in England as a familiar term for dance; b...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Kangaroo

  ·noun Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Aus...

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• kangaroo

  n. 1) an aboriginal word.See marsupial. (a) The Origin of the Name. The name was first obtained in...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Hop-thumb

  ·noun A very diminutive person. II. Hop-thumb ·noun ·see Hop-o'-my-thumb. ...

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• hop merchant

  A dancing master. See caper merchant. ...

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• hop-bush

  n. «the name for all species of Dodonaea» (Maiden, p. 417), N.O. Sapindaceae. 1883. F. M. Bailey, ...

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• banded-kangaroo

  i.q. Banded-Wallaby. See lagostrophus and wallaby. ...

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• brush-kangaroo

  n. another name for the wallaby (q.v.). 1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' c. viii...

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• dorca-kangaroo

  n. See dorcopsis and kangaroo. ...

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• hare-kangaroo

  n. a small Kangaroo, resemblingthe British hare. Called also Hare-Wallaby. Thescientific name is La...

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• kangaroo-apple

  n. an Australian and Tasmanianfruit, Solanum aviculare, Forst., N.O.Solanaceae. The name is also ap...

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• kangaroo-dog

  n. a large dog, lurcher,deerhound, or greyhound, used for hunting the Kangaroo. 1806. `History of ...

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• kangaroo-fly

  n. a small Australian fly, Cabarus. See quotations. 1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' vol. I. ...

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• kangaroo-grass

  n. a name given to severalspecies of grasses of the genera Anthistiria and Andropogon, chiefly from...

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• kangaroo-hound

  n. i.q. kangaroo-dog (q.v.). 1865. Lady Barker, `Station Life in New Zealand,' p. 28: «A large do...

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• kangaroo-mouse

  n. more strictly called the Pouched-Mouse (q.v.). 1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 256: «It i...

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• kangaroo-net

  n. net made by the natives tocatch the kangaroo. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 45...

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• rat-kangaroo

  See kangaroo-rat ...

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• kangaroo-rat

  or Rat-Kangaroo n. the name applied to species of Marsupials belonging to thefollowing genera, viz...

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• kangaroo-skin

  n. either the leather for thetanned hide, or the complete fur for rugs and wraps. 1806. `History o...

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• kangaroo-thorn

  n. an indigenous hedge-plant, Acacia armata, R. Br., N.O. Leguminosae; calledalso Kangaroo Acacia. ...

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• musk-kangaroo

  n. See hypsiprymnodonand kangaroo. ...

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• tree-kangaroo

  called Boongary (q.v.)by the aboriginals. See Dendrolagus and Kangaroo. ...

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• to hop the twig

  To run away. CANT. ...

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• kangaroo-tail soup

  n. soup made from thekangaroo-tail. 1820. W. C. Wentworth, `Description of New South Wales,'p. 58:...

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• Hop-o'-my-thumb

  ·noun ·Alt. of Hop-thumb. ...

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• Hert on ye Hop

  A tenement so called without Crepelgate, 1348-9 (Ct. H.W. I. 530). Not further identified. ...

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• hop-o-my-thumb

  A diminutive person, man or woman. She was such a-hop-o-my thumb, that a pigeon, sitting on her shou...

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