clodpoll
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of clodpoll
Example Sentences
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"And you're a clodpoll," said the girl, bitterly, "and a ninny, a numbskull, a lackwit and a coxcomb!"
From Literature
"Which only goes to prove that you are indeed a ninny, a lackwit, and a...a clodpoll."
From Literature
Come now, have courage to be wise: begin: You're halfway over when you once plunge in: He who puts off the time for mending, stands A clodpoll by the stream with folded hands, Waiting till all the water be gone past; But it runs on, and will, while time shall last.
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