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plural Hops
A surname from Dutch. examples
(Australia, slang) Ellipsis of John Hop (“a police officer”). quotations
"Police!" snarled Jack. "Bloody Johnny Hops! They couldn't hold a sucking pig in their hands, unless somebody hung on to its tail for them. It's our boys who've got things in hand. And handed them over to the Hops."
1923, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Kangaroo, London: Martin Secker, page 356
Synonym of Mari (etymology 3) examples