clodhopper

[ klod-hop-er ]

noun

1. a clumsy boor; rustic; bumpkin.

   Synonyms: lummox, hayseed, lout, yokel, hick

2. clodhoppers, strong, heavy shoes.

clodhopper

/ ˈklɒdˌhɒpə /

noun

1. a clumsy person; lout
2. usually plural a large heavy shoe or boot

Derived Forms

• ˈclodˌhopping, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of clodhopper¹

1680–90; clod + hopper, modeled on grasshopper

Example Sentences

The problem is when you get these big thick clodhopper shoes what ends up happening is you lose that.

From Freakonomics

“I believe you are the young lady who admired that old clodhopper in the picture,” he remarked.

From Project Gutenberg

It is not the clodhopper, the navvy or the labourer, the careless or the incompetent, who suffer from them.

From Project Gutenberg

His clodhopper of a father sold firewood to the sweet mother of me!

From Project Gutenberg

Half clodhopper, half board-school prig, they can still throw back to a nobler stock, and breed yeomen.

From Project Gutenberg

Come on; it is so like a country clodhopper to stand looking at a big house, as if you had never seen one before.

From Project Gutenberg