clodhopper
a clumsy boor; rustic; bumpkin.
clodhoppers, strong, heavy shoes.
Origin of 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.
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman DayIt 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 SandWhat was he doing there, with his keen face and worldly, confident carriage, amidst those clodhoppers?
The Clarion | Samuel Hopkins AdamsHe 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 HallThey 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
/ (ˈklɒdˌhɒpə) /
a clumsy person; lout
(usually plural) a large heavy shoe or boot
Derived forms of clodhopper
- clodhopping, adjective
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