1888. Indoor Paupers, p. 55. Numbers of them go regularly to the hop-gardens; and each man must have a female companion—a hopping wife as she is termed.
2. in. pl. (gaming).—The queens of all the four suits.
Hopping-Giles, subs. (common).—A cripple. For synonyms, see Dot-and-go-one.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
1885. Household Words, 27 June, p. 180. St. Giles is the patron saint of cripples; hence a lame person is mockingly called hopping giles.
Hopping-jesus, subs. (colloquial).—A lameter. For synonyms, see Dot-and-go-one.
Hopping-mad, adj. (American).—Very angry.
Hop-pole, subs. (common).—A tall, slight person, male or female. For synonyms, see Lamp-post.
1850. Smedley, Frank Farleigh, p. 5. I was tall for my age, but slightly built, and so thin, as often to provoke the application of such epithets as hop-pole, ‘thread-paper,’ etc.