noun
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a clumsy person; lout
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(usually plural) a large heavy shoe or boot
Other Word Forms
- clodhopping adjective
Etymology
Origin of clodhopper
1680–90; clod + hopper, modeled on grasshopper
Example Sentences
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One line confirms what the audience suspected: The clodhopper is in fact a shrewd judge of character.
From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2021
It started with Jeffery Campbell Litas in 2010, the hipster girl’s platform clodhopper of choice.
From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2019
One of the Mets made a clodhopper move on the bases, and was tagged out.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2019
One-hundred years later you may wonder what possible connection this quaint clodhopper has to tell us about the gargantuan heavy equipment company?
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 7, 2018
He wore clodhopper shoes and an old flat-brimmed Stetson hat.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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