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hooper
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hooper, n. [See 1st Hoop.].
One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper. [1913 Webster]
hooper, n. [So called from its note.].
The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus ); -- called also hooper swan , whooping swan , and elk .
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