clodhopper

[ klod-hop-er ]
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noun
  1. a clumsy boor; rustic; bumpkin.

  2. clodhoppers, strong, heavy shoes.

Origin of clodhopper

1
1680–90; clod + hopper, modeled on grasshopper

Other words for clodhopper

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How to use clodhopper in a sentence

  • P'r'aps I ain't got it, after bein' on shore among clodhoppers for two years.

  • It meant disgrace, defeat; and this fire was as a seal of vassalage affixed to my arms by those I called clodhoppers and serfs.

    Mauprat | George Sand
  • What was he doing there, with his keen face and worldly, confident carriage, amidst those clodhoppers?

    The Clarion | Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • He refers to a Berlin caricature of the scene which was at the time in all the shops, "exciting even the laughter of clodhoppers."

    Napoleon's Letters to Josephine | Henry Foljambe Hall
  • They were all clodhoppers up here, he said, and you could only get any proper polish in the South.

    Out in the Forty-Five | Emily Sarah Holt

British Dictionary definitions for clodhopper

clodhopper

/ (ˈklɒdˌhɒpə) /


nouninformal
  1. a clumsy person; lout

  2. (usually plural) a large heavy shoe or boot

Derived forms of clodhopper

  • clodhopping, adjective

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