clodhopper

[klod-hop-er]

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noun

a clumsy boor; rustic; bumpkin.

clodhoppers, strong, heavy shoes.

Origin of clodhopper

1680–90; clod + hopper, modeled on grasshopper

Synonyms for clodhopper

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1. hick, yokel, lout, hayseed, lummox.

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Related Words for clodhoppers

brogans, brogues, wafflestompers

Examples from the Web for clodhoppers

Historical Examples of clodhoppers

Fact, too good for the half of the clodhoppers about these parts.
The Drone
Rutherford Mayne
In the eyes of the Darwesh Khel they are a race of clodhoppers.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir
Sir James McCrone Douie
The Baron died of an attack of gout, a disease unknown to clodhoppers.
The Surprises of Life
Georges Clemenceau
Was he so weak, then, as to return to the poison that had made him the byword of clodhoppers?
The Man Who Rose Again
Joseph Hocking
Only look at the attempts in verse of the common run of clodhoppers.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)
John Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for clodhoppers

clodhopper

noun informal

a clumsy person; lout

(usually plural) a large heavy shoe or boot

Derived Formsclodhopping, adjective

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Word Origin and History for clodhoppers

clodhopper

1690s, slang, "one who works on plowed land, a rustic," from clod (n.) + agent noun from hop (v.). Cf. in a similar sense clod-breaker, clod-crusher; in this word perhaps a play on grasshopper. Sense extended by 1836 to the shoes worn by such workers.