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hop-sack, hopsack|ˈhɒpsæk|
[f. hop n.1]
1. A sack in which hops are packed.
1481–90Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 72 Item, making of the hopsakes iiij.d. 1612Rowlands More Knaves Yet A iv, Great large abhominable breech Like Brewers Hop⁓sackes. 1753School of Man 28 Vice may be said to get admittance to us habited in velvet, but comes from us in a Hopsack. 1869Punch 10 July 10/2 He would come in a hop-sack, with a cabbage-leaf on his head.
2. = next, b. Also attrib., and in form hopsac.
1892Daily News 15 Oct. 7/1 Every variety of surface is supplied..from the sheeny ‘faced cloth’ to the rough ‘hop⁓sack’. 1893Ibid. 28 Mar. 2/3 ‘Horse-cloth’, ‘hopsack’, and other similar kinds of material, which are only coarse in appearance, being really made of the finest wool. 1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 831 Ascot Scarfs..made from..Hopsack shot silk. 1923Daily Mail 5 July 1 Hopsac suiting,..in pretty Heather Mixture grounds. 1930Daily Express 8 Sept. 11/5 Hopsack Tweed. 1968Surfer Mag. Jan. 27/1 Can you tell me the approximate weight of a piece of hopsack cloth secured with resin to the front third of my board? |