hoppergrass
Americannoun
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A hoppergrass, one sunny day, Turning hand-springs amid the hay, O'erleaped himself, and fell into A piggin of good apple brew.
From Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 by Various
"Why ef yo own minister wus'n thar hiself I hope er hoppergrass may chaw me."
From Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. by Thorne, Jack
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