subs. (common).—1. A prostitute; also HOPPING-WIFE. For synonyms, see BARRACK-HACK and TART.
1888. Indoor Paupers, p. 55. Numbers of them go regularly to the hop-gardens; and each man must have a female companion—a HOPPING WIFE as she is termed.
2. In pl. (gaming).—The queens of all the four suits.
