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Hipper-switches

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Coarse willow withes. A hipper is a coarse osier used in basket-making, and an osier field is a hipper-holm.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Hinc illæ Lacrymæ
Hind
Hinda
Hinder
Hindustan
Hindustan Regiment
Hinzelmann
Hip (To)
Hip and Thigh
Hip! Hip! Hurrah!
Hipper-switches
Hippo
Hippocampus
Hippocras
Hippocratean School
Hippocrates Sleeve
Hippocrene
Hippogriff
Hippolyta
Hippolytos
Hippolytus