German Synonyms.—Krachen gehen; niftern; pegern or peigern; schochern or verschochern (= to get black); verschwarzen.
Italian Synonyms. Sbasire (= to faint); sbasire su le funi (= to faint on the rope).
Spanish Synonyms.—Hacer bodoques (= to take an earth bath); liarlas (= also to run away); obispar; corvado (= bent, curved); cierto (= certain).
1839. Dance, Alive and Merry, i., I. Couldn't you wait a bit till she's hopped off, and then you and I could marry, and be ladies and gentlemen?
1841. Punch, I., 2, 2. Clare pines in secret—Hops the twig and goes to glory in white muslin.
1842. Punch. vol. II, p. 20, c. 2. Yet henceforth—dash my wig! I'll live with thee, with thee I'll hop the twig!
1863. Fun, vol. IV., p. 188. The night when Cromwell died a storm tore up many of the trees [of St. James's Park]—though what connexion there may be between the destruction of their branches and the hopping the twig of the Protector, we leave to our philosophical readers to decide.
1870. Chambers's Miscellany, No. 87, p. 26. That her disease was mortal, was past a doubt, and a month or two more or less could make no difference, provided she hopped off . . . before the year was expired.
On the hop, adv. phr. (common).—1. Unawares; at the nick of time; in flagrante delicto. Also On the H. O. P.
1868. Broadside Ballad, 'The Chickaleary Cove.' For to catch me on the hop. . . . You must wake up very early in the morning.
1870. London Figaro, 26 Aug. If to catch any of the more ordinary folk on the hop is to secure a laugh, what must it be to catch the Tycoon 'on the—top?'
1872. Daily Telegraph, 3 Sept. Goodbye, Johnny: before I leave you, One more kiss before I go. For to catch me on the hop.
1892. Anstey, Model Music Hall, 32. I never saw a smarter hand at serving in a shop, For every likely customer she caught upon the 'op.
2. (common).—On the go; in motion; unresting.
1892. Milliken, 'Arry Ballads, p. 22. A deal on the 'op.
3. (colloquial).—See Hip.
Hopeful (or Young Hopeful),
subs. (colloquial).—A boy or
young man; in sarcasm or contempt.
1856. Bradley ('Cuthbert Bede'), Tales of College Life, 24. He'll be no end riled at seeing his hopeful play truant in this fashion.
Hop- (or Hap-) Harlot, subs. (old).—A
coarse coverlet; Cf., Wrap-*rascal.
1807-8. Hollinshed, Chronicles of England, ch. 12. Covered only with a sheet, under coverlets made of dag-swain, or hop-harlots.
Hopkins (Hoppy, or Mr. Hopkins),
subs. (old).—A lameter.
For synonyms, see Dot-and-go-one
Giles.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Don't Hurry, Hopkins! phr. (American).—Ironical to persons slow to move or to meet an obligation.
Hop-merchant (or Hoppy), subs.
(common).—A dancing master;
a caper-merchant (q.v.). Also,
a fiddler.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1823. Bee, Dict. Turf, s.v.
1892. Sydney Watson, Wops the Waif, ch. iii., p. 4. Who-ay, Cully, here's Hoppy with the rozin.
