hooper

[hoo-per, hoo p-er]

noun

a person who makes or puts hoops on barrels, tubs, etc.; a cooper.

Origin of hooper

1375–1425; late Middle English. See hoop, -er¹

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Examples from the Web for hooper

Contemporary Examples of hooper

The worst thing was when a woman killed herself by leaping from the roof of a building at South Fifth Street and Hooper.
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Alex Belth
February 16, 2014
“People are grieving in this town,” said Scott Ballard, principal of the Hooper Bay School.
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Historical Examples of hooper

Spinnin'-wheels out in the shed chamber, where his gran'mother Hooper kep' 'em?
Tiverton Tales
Alice Brown
Boschen caught about one hundred; Jump, eighty-four; Hooper, sixty.
Tales of Fishes
Zane Grey
The Fleet prison had now been Hooper's house for eighteen months.
The Reign of Mary Tudor
W. Llewelyn Williams.
Hooper had been sent for also for the ceremony of degradation.
The Reign of Mary Tudor
W. Llewelyn Williams.
Hooper was on his knees, and, looking round at the intruder, did not at first know him.
The Reign of Mary Tudor
W. Llewelyn Williams.

British Dictionary definitions for hooper

hooper

noun

a rare word for cooper

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