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Definition of Hoppers
1. hopper [n] - See also: hopper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoppers
Literary usage of Hoppers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"This group of insects, which comprises the forms ordinarily known as leaf-hoppers,
is an extensive group, comprising a great complexity of forms and by most ..."
2. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1917)
"Coal hoppers. — Fig. 141 shows a front and side elevation of a typical set of
stationary weighing hoppers as applied to the boilers of the Quincy Point ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States by Stephen Keyes Williams, Edwin Burritt Smith, Ernest Hitchcock (1882)
"Its use Is to spread any grain, granulated or pulverized substances, pose of
sweeping the meal in the *bolt- [*4OO ing hoppers, and spreading it over the ..."
4. The Life of North American Insects by Benedict Jaeger, Henry C. Preston (1859)
"The TREE-hoppers are mostly of a green color, and small size; they have four
wings, and a very large ... The principal species of Tree-hoppers are the ..."
5. The Night Side of London by Robert Machray (1902)
"CHAPTER XXI THE hoppers' SATURDAY NIGHT " A-roaming we will go. ... Formerly the
hoppers made London Bridge station the centre of these scenes, ..."
6. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1908)
"The coal is dumped into track hoppers and carried by a conveyor to a bin spanning
seven tracks. There is a spout to each track, and four other tracks are ..."
7. The Review of Applied Entomology by Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, Imperial Bureau of Entomology (1916)
"Scouting in Malacca in February showed the presence of a small number of swarms
only, but contrary to expectation, young hoppers were abundant in March. ..."
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