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hopping John, n 
1 also happy Jack, happy John, hop-in-John: A dish usu composed of black-eyed peas, rice, and side meat, eaten esp on New Year’s Day for good luck; see quots. chiefly South Atlantic, esp South Carolina, Georgia
2 Transf: a black-eyed pea.
3 A grasshopper 1.