1 It derives from Hoople North Dakota.
Simple isn't it.
2 One other common 1800's use was also because of the hoop on a miners head, they used lights on hoops to go in shafts.
Simple isn't it.
2 One other common 1800's use was also because of the hoop on a miners head, they used lights on hoops to go in shafts.
by Chef Didier May 6, 2008
A drunkard, likely an old variant of "hop-head". Re comments about Deadwood: remember the character of Al Swearingen is described as a Limey, so this is quite possibly a usage he brought with him from England.
by Hooplehead The Third May 4, 2009
by E.M.V.J.J February 14, 2020