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Hopper
·noun ·see <<Grasshopper>>, 2.
II. Hopper ·noun The larva of a cheese fly.
III. Hopper ·noun One w...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Scotch
·noun A slight cut or incision; a score.
II. Scotch ·noun Collectively, the people of Scotland.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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clod hopper
A country farmer, or ploughman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hopper-arsed
Having large projecting buttocks: from their resemblance to a small basket, called a hopper or hoppe...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ash-hopper
A lie cask, or an inverted pymmidal box to contain ashes, resembling a hopper in a mill. They are co...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hopper-cake
a seed-cake with plums in it, with which the farmers treat their servants when seed-time is finished...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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clod-hopper
A clownish lubberly landsman.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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hopper-punt
A flat-floored lighter for carrying soil or mud, with a hopper or receptacle in its centre, to conta...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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sand-hopper
A small creature (Talitra), resembling a shrimp, which abounds on some beaches.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Butter-scotch
·noun A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Scotch rite
·add. ·- The ceremonial observed by one of the Masonic systems, called in full the Ancient and Accep...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Scotch terrier
·add. ·- One of a breed of small terriers with long, rough hair.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Scotch Hall
Hall of the Corporation of the Scottish Hospital of His Majesty's Foundation in Blackfriars, 1676 (L...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Scotch Yard
See Scott's Yard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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scotch greys
Lice. The headquarters of the Scotch greys: the head of a man full of large lice.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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scotch pint
A bottle containing two quarts.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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scotch bait
A halt and a resting on a stick, as practised by pedlars.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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scotch chocolate
Brimstone and milk.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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scotch fiddle
The itch.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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scotch mist
A sober soaking rain; a Scotch mist will wet an Englishman to the skin.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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scotch mist
Mizzle, or small soaking rain.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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scotch prize
A mistake; worse than no prize, or one liable to hamper the captors with heavy law expenses.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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scotch warming pan
A wench; also a fart.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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scotch a wheel
to stop it from going backward. Lane.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose