hooper

[ hoo-per, hoop-er ]

/ ˈhu pər, ˈhʊp ər /

noun

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

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Origin of hooper

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

Words nearby hooper

hooly, hoon, hoop, hoop back, hoop-de-do, hooper, hoop iron, hoopla, hoopman, hoopoe, hoop-petticoat narcissus

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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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“People are grieving in this town,” said Scott Ballard, principal of the Hooper Bay School.
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Hooper took his share entirely in cash; your father took his probably part in cash, but certainly all of the ranch and cattle.
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Any one of them would have twisted the tail of the devil himself; but they were off Old Man Hooper.
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Characters for separating the three subspecies in Tamaulipas are listed by Hooper .
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Miss Hooper sat perplexed and hesitating, staring into the fire.
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Mrs. Hooper led the way into the sitting room, where her husband was sitting in a rocking chair.
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British Dictionary definitions for hooper

hooper

/ (ˈhuːpə) /

noun

a rare word for cooper

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