clodhopper

[ klod-hop-er ]

/ ˈklɒdˌhɒp ər /

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noun

a clumsy boor; rustic; bumpkin.

clodhoppers, strong, heavy shoes.

Nearby words

clockwise, clockwork, clockwork universe, clod, cloddish, clodhopper, clodhopping, clodpoll, cloete, clofibrate, clog

Origin of clodhopper

1680–90; clod + hopper, modeled on grasshopper

SYNONYMS FOR clodhopper

1 hick, yokel, lout, hayseed, lummox.

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Examples from the Web for clodhopper

His red but shining eyes hinted that Milt was a clodhopper and no honest wearer of evening clothes.
Free Air|Sinclair Lewis
The clodhopper exercises, or is to exercise, his share of the power equally with the highest nobleman.
The Subjection of Women|John Stuart Mill
Of course, I don't know how it would be with a clodhopper who didn't happen to be as intelligent as I'd want.
The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields|Lieut. Howard Payson
The Oldest Inhabitant has always been a clodhopper; I have never heard of his being a gentleman.
Alarms and Discursions|G. K. Chesterton

And a later Latin writer speaks of the farmer who does not plough thoroughly as one who becomes a mere "clodhopper."
Modern American Prose Selections|Various

British Dictionary definitions for clodhopper

clodhopper

/ (ˈklɒdˌhɒpə) /

noun informal

a clumsy person; lout

(usually plural) a large heavy shoe or boot

Derived Forms

clodhopping, adjective

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clodhopper

noun

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Origin of clodhopper

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British Dictionary definitions for clodhopper

clodhopper

noun informal

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