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Definition of Hooplas
1. hoopla [n] - See also: hoopla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hooplas
Literary usage of Hooplas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"Lambert) if a native of northern California, anc was discovered by hooplas, who
describes the wood tu brine of excellent quality; but little is known el the ..."
2. The Life and Times of Aonio Paleario: Or, A History of the Italian Reformers by M. Young (1860)
"... hooplas—whether the intellectual part of the soul be of an ethereal or
imperishable nature or not, it a physical question; but to consider where, ..."
3. The Comedy and Tragedy of the Second Empire: Paris Society in the Sixties by Edward Legge (1911)
"I was tempted by roundabouts, swings, " hooplas," cocoanut shies, Aunt Sally,
and " numerous side-shows." " Zara," the " celebrated Palmiste," offered me ..."
4. Minutes of the Cincinnati Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal by Cincinnati Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church (1861)
"... hooplas-Cough, Difficulty of Breathing, Cough, Croup, Influenza, Phthisic,
Paiu m the Side, and all Diseases of the Lungs* 1O,OOO DOLLARS ..."
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