Hoppergrass

"Why ef yo own minister wus'n thar hiself I hope er hoppergrass may chaw me." ❋ Jack Thorne (N/A)

Up ter-day wid de hoppergrass, and down ter-morrow wid de sparrergrass! ❋ Unknown (1910)

I concur with Professor Smith's conclusion [XII, 4] that the words peckerwood and hoppergrass have their origins in the human playfulness with language. ❋ Unknown (1987)

Smith's peckerwood and hoppergrass make more sense to me than the more usual forms because the verb-derived word precedes its object, as in the rest of that malady we call English. ❋ Unknown (1986)

Tek keer of yo’ young Miss Pittypat,’ he say, ‘ ’cause she ain’ got no mo’ sense dan a hoppergrass.’ ❋ Margaret Mitchell (1996)

'Tain't so long, seems to me, sence ye used to be as spry as a hoppergrass. " ❋ Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1896)

But what made Nick go over the bar so like a hoppergrass? "exclaimed the saloon-keeper. ❋ Oliver Optic (1859)

It [show] is [a bunch] of hoppergrasses out does! ❋ Robrt32 (2008)