Hooplehead" referred to the people that made the hoops that went around wooden barrels. The job took little skill and not much brains..... thus "hooplehead" meant an unskilled laborer
by Antiitalian February 04, 2022
a member of the ignorant masses; an uneducated commoner; an idiot. word popularized by HBO's Deadwood
by liberalicious August 24, 2005