HOOP. A ring.
HOOP IT. Run away.
HOP THE TWIG. Be off; go off.
HOPPED THE TWIG. Hung.
HORNESS. Watchman.
HORSE-CAPPERS. Fellows that cheat simple people out of their money by the aid of a broken-down first-class horse.
HOSTEL. A tavern.
HOT. Too well known. "The cove had better move his beaters into Dewsville, it is too hot for him here; if he stops, he'll be sure to be sick for twenty stretches," the fellow had better go into the country, for if he stays, he will be sent to prison for twenty years.
HOUSE TO LET. A widow's weeds.
HUBBUB. Pain in the stomach.