plodder
Britishnoun
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They’ve resorted to laying on the big body like some plodder team in a bid to break through the Kraken forecheck.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
He rose to prominence as an ambitious plodder — as someone difficult for his colleagues to attack because he never had anything remotely interesting to say.
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2022
In Washington he was a plodder and a plotter, eventually winning notice and repeatedly winning re-election.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
Another vastley overrated plodder hyped up by the English media.
From BBC ● May 30, 2015
Though far less ready of wit than his stubby, bombastic brother, he was a tenacious plodder, and was for this reason much more likely ultimately to achieve his sordid purposes.
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
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