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Definition of Hop picker

Hop picker
Hop Hop, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G. hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel. humall, SW. & Dan. humle.] 1. (Bot.) A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops). 2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste. 3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip. Hop back. (Brewing) See under 1st Back. Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature (Trifolium agrarium, and T. procumbens). Hop flea (Zo["o]l.), a small flea beetle (Haltica concinna), very injurious to hops. Hop fly (Zo["o]l.), an aphid (Phorodon humuli), very injurious to hop vines. Hop froth fly (Zo["o]l.), an hemipterous insect (Aphrophora interrupta), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines. Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus Ostrya (O. Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (O. vulgaris). Hop moth (Zo["o]l.), a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines. Hop picker, one who picks hops. Hop pole, a pole used to support hop vines. Hop tree (Bot.), a small American tree (Ptelia trifoliata), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops. Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.

Meaning of Hop picker from wikipedia

- formation of the Society for the Employment and Improved Lodging of Hop Pickers. The hop-pickers were given very basic accommodation, with very poor sanitation...
- flier soliciting laborers, the Durst Ranch promised a job to every white hops picker who arrived on his farm by August 5. In this year, however, the number...
- his tireless campaigning to improve the lives of farm labourers and hop-pickers. John Stratton was born in Boughton, Norfolk in late 1829 or very early...
- (c. 1040–1087) is a saint of the Catholic Church, the patron saint of hop-pickers, Belgian brewers. Arnold, born in Brabant, the son of a certain Fulbertus...
- disaster was an accident in Kent, England, that resulted in the death of 30 hop-pickers on 20 October 1853. The Hartlake bridge is a bridge over the River Medway...
- the Queen Adelaide venue on Hackney Road. The pub's name changed to The Hop Picker by 1983, and was later Tantrums, Images, and Keelys before being renamed...
- Starci na chmelu ("The Hop Pickers") is a 1964 Czechoslovak film directed by Ladislav Rychman. The film starred Josef Kemr, Milos Zavadil and Ivana Pavlová...
- accommodation provided for hop-pickers on English farms in the 19th and 20th centuries. Before the days of mechanised farming, hop picking was a labour-intensive...
- Dušan Hanák Do****entary 24 The Sun in a Net (1963) Štefan Uher Drama 24 Hop Pickers (1964) Ladislav Rychman Romantic Musical 24 The Ear (1970) Karel Kachyňa...
- baseball. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022. The son of a hop-picker and barber, Bud Fowler was christened John W. Jackson. His father had...