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hop the twig

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Verb

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hop the twig (third-person singular simple present hops the twig, present participle hopping the twig, simple past and past participle hopped the twig)

  1. (archaic, slang) To run away.
  2. (archaic, slang) To die.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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