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hoppergrass

American  
[hop-er-gras, -grahs] / ˈhɒp ərˌgræs, -ˌgrɑs /

noun

Chiefly Southern U.S.

  1. grasshopper.

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"Why ef yo own minister wus'n thar hiself I hope er hoppergrass may chaw me."

From Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. by Thorne, Jack

A hoppergrass, one sunny day, Turning hand-springs amid the hay, O'erleaped himself, and fell into A piggin of good apple brew.

From Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 by Various

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