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hops: see hop hop, herbaceous perennial vine of the family Moraceae ( mulberry family), widely cultivated since early times for brewing purposes. The commercial hop (Humulus lupulus ..... Click the link for more information. . hops symbol of injustice. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 174; Kunz, 330] See : Injustice How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Indeed, in the excitement of the moment, they were loud and extravagant in their commendations of "the mountain tap"; elevating it above every beverage produced from hops or malt. They lingered in the hop-fields on the rich bottoms, where Billy scorned to pick hops alongside of Indians, Japanese, and Chinese. For, when a man with a wooden leg lies prone on his stomach to peep under bedsteads; and hops up ladders, like some extinct bird, to survey the tops of presses and cupboards; and provides himself an iron rod which he is always poking and prodding into dust-mounds; the probability is that he expects to find something. |
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