ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COCK-A-HOOP
Perhaps from the phrase to set the cock a hoop to live prodigally, literally: to put a cock on a hoop, a full measure of grain.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COCK-A-HOOP»
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cock-a-hoop in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cock-a-hoop and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Unabridged Dictionary of the Sensations "as If".
Bloating of the abdomen, with tension as of a hoop. Lycopodium (Hg) Hoop
Chest. — Tightness of chest, as if bound with a hoop. Arsenicum Album (Hg)
Hoop Chest. — Sensation as if a hoop was around the chest. Cactus Grandiflorus
(HY) ...
2
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
of the hoop, and a ladder coacting with the hoop and having sliding detachable
engagement therewith. 2. The combination with a structure, of a hoop entirely
surrounding and normally equally spaced at all points from the structure but ...
3
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In combination, a reciprocating head-holder, a reciprocating hoop- driver, a
reciprocating head-setter carrying a hoop-form, an automatic latch connection
between the head-setter and the hoop-driver, whereby said hoop-driver and
head-setter ...
United States. Patent Office, 1901
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Physical Activity and Nutrition for Health
On your signals, students will each find a hoop and complete specified exercises.
3. Give students the following instructions: On my signal "one," find a hoop and
complete one push-up. « On my signal "two," find a hoop and complete two ...
Christopher A. Hopper, Bruce Fisher, Kathy D. Munoz, 2008
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Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with ...
10th European Conference, ECSQARU 2009, Verona, Italy, July 1-3, 2009,
Proceedings Claudio Sossai, Gaetano Chemello. A basic hoop is a hoop
satisfying (x => y) V (y => x) = T. A Wajsberg hoop is a basic hoop satisfying (x =>
y) => y = (y ...
Claudio Sossai, Gaetano Chemello, 2009
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Hoop La!: 100 Things To Do with Embroidery Hoops
This section gives instructions on starting and finishing work with a hoop, plus
descriptions ofthe hoop treatments used, including painting, staining, yarn
wrapping, decorative tape, collage, crochet and braid. Stretch fabrics, such as
jersey, are ...
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Myths and Traditions of the Arikara Indians
One man had a boy who wanted a hoop — who kept asking him for a hoop. "
Father, make a hoop for me! I want to have a hoop." And so the man went out.
Then he went to look for a hoop since his son wanted to have one. It was the kind
of ...
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Traditional Narratives of the Arikara Indians
One man had a boy who wanted a hoop — who kept asking him for a hoop. "
Father, make a hoop for me! I want to have a hoop." And so the man went out.
Then he went to look for a hoop since his son wanted to have one. It was the kind
of ...
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Traditional Narratives of the Arikara Indians: Stories of ...
One man had a boy who wanted a hoop — who kept asking him for a hoop. "
Father, make a hoop for me! I want to have a hoop." And so the man went out.
Then he went to look for a hoop since his son wanted to have one. It was the kind
of ...
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Successful Movement Challenges: Movement Activities for the ...
Have students pick partners to perform the remaining Exploration Challenges. 15
) Can you exchange hoops with a partner by rolling them back and forth? Do it in
rhythm! 16) Who can jump into a hoop held low to the floor by your partner?
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COCK-A-HOOP»
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From Rio 2016 qualification to local league cricket
“I never had any doubt we would do it, so it's more a sense of relief than feeling cock-a-hoop. It also means we can enjoy the European Cup in ... «Get Bucks, Jul 15»
Latest survey reveals 'slowdown' in Lancashire's economic recovery
Stephen Gregson, corporate finance director at Moore and Smalley, said: “I would advise very strongly against both being too cock-a-hoop ... «Garstang Today, Jul 15»
LV= County Championship: Leicestershire batting crumbles in the …
So visitors' captain Sam Northeast must have been cock-a-hoop when the coin fell in his favour at 10.30, his decision to put the County in made ... «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»
Phil Gillam: The market hall? It's a matter of taste
He was cock-a-hoop that the ugly and unloved St Austin's Street multi-storey car park near the Sixth Form College had recently been ... «shropshirestar.com, Jul 15»
This Bangladeshi ad about Team India shows they can't win with …
Bangladesh fans were cock-a-hoop when teenaged pacer Mustifizur knocked out top Indian batsmen in the first two ODIs on June 18 and June ... «The Bell Jar, Jul 15»
Juniors cock-a-hoop at basketball successes
Aylesbury Dux Junior Basketball Club has had a fantastic 2014/15 season with all age groups achieving great results. The club entered three ... «Bucks Herald, Jul 15»
Conrad Black: Stephen Harper must appoint a slew of high-calibre …
He has not gone cock-a-hoop on climate change, nor clambered aboard the nefarious bandwagon of irrational and unjust self-immolation over ... «National Post, Jul 15»
Inside Cricket: Who will win the Ashes when England play Australia …
... of 2005, 2009 and 2013? Or are the Australians, still cock-a-hoop after their 2013-14 whitewash, set for another spell of dominance? «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»
Scotland: is it time to run for the hills?
Land reformers, of course, will be cock-a-hoop if values decline. Communities looking to purchase will have to find fewer readies, owners too ... «Country Life, Jul 15»
Club would be cock-a-hoop with more croquet players
Club would be cock-a-hoop with more croquet players. By Crawley News | Posted: July 01, 2015. CROQUET FUN: Mike Newman, Jan Feaver, Olive Anscombe, ... «Crawley News, Jul 15»
