hopping dick

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hopping dick - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hopping \Hop"ping\, n.
     The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking,
     or dancing.
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     Hopping Dick (Zool.), a thrush of Jamaica (Merula  leucogenys
        ), resembling the English blackbird in its
        familiar manners, agreeable song, and dark plumage.
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