hop hornbeam

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noun

any of several Eurasian and North American trees of the genus Ostrya, of the birch family, especially O. virginiana, bearing hoplike fruiting clusters.

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Origin of hop hornbeam

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Words nearby hop hornbeam

hopeless, hopelessness, Hope springs eternal, Hopewell, hophead, hop hornbeam, Hopi, hoping, hop into, Hopkins, Hopkinsianism

Example sentences from the Web for hop hornbeam

“I think the types of stories we do are very similar to what happened with hip-hop,” says Jones.
‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical|Stereo Williams|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This was a guy from the hip-hop generation and with a perspective that was inextricably linked to that generation.
Remembering ESPN’s Sly, Cocky, and Cool Anchor Stuart Scott|Stereo Williams|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I asked her how her trainers, born and raised in Iran, have learned how to teach hip-hop.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread|IranWire|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

She attends hip-hop and belly dance classes (known as Arabic dance in Iran) just to shine more at parties.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread|IranWire|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What more could one desire of him, I pray, Than just to hop around and stand for K?
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
The Kangaroo can hop and hop and hop; Somehow he never seems to want to stop.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
He skirted the place with a quick goosey hop, stumbled a little and felt panic, but made it all right to the office.
We're Friends, Now|Henry Hasse
Jehosophat wished he were as small as Hop-o'-my-Thumb, so that he could creep through the keyhole and never be seen at all.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson
The first hop took it to the top of the pew; the second perched it on the shoulder of the stoutest lady.
Eric, or Little by Little|Frederic W. Farrar

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