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   clodhopper

   /ˈklɒdˌhɒpə/

   noun

   • 1. a large, heavy shoe: "size-fourteen clodhoppers"
   • 2. a foolish, awkward, or clumsy person: "the other students looked very young and I felt like a clodhopper"

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   What is a Clod Hopper?

   • The term clod-hopper is first cited in the definition in ‘ A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew ‘, 1690: “Clod-hopper, a Ploughman.” It was usually used, as a term of derision, by townspeople at the expense of muddy booted yokels – much in the way the ‘bog-trotter’ is now used to defame the rural Irish.

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   What does Clodhopper mean?

   • 1. 2. See clodhoppers SYNONYMS 1. hick, yokel, lout, hayseed, lummox. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2 meanings: informal 1. a clumsy person; lout 2. a large heavy shoe or boot.... Click for more definitions.

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   What is a synonym for Clodhopper?

   • 1. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. 1. 2. See clodhoppers SYNONYMS 1. hick, yokel, lout, hayseed, lummox. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

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   When was the term 'Clodhopper' first used?

   • The term 'Clodhopper' was first used in the late 1600s. The earliest known use of the noun clodhopper is in 1699. Clodhopper is formed within English by derivation. Etymons: clod n., hop v.1, -er suffix1.

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   Are there any great Clodhoppers in the UK?

   • great clodhoppers UK You're not coming in the house in those great clodhoppers. He was wearing a leather jacket and black clodhoppers. In the country this vice of the clodhopper is far from infrequent. As if growler needed any special provocation before he made free with the calves of an intrusive clodhopper!

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   What was a Clodhopper in the Union Army?

   • He was wearing a leather jacket and black clodhoppers. It was said that the men in the union army were clodhoppers and mudsills, devoid of courage and unused to military exercises. We have looked upon the agricultural labourer as a clodhopper. Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › clodhopperCLODHOPPER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   clodhopper noun [C] (PERSON) Add to word list. a person who moves in an awkward way: great clodhopper UK Look where you're going, you great clodhopper. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Inability and awkwardness. accident-prone. adorkable. all thumbs idiom.

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     a person who moves in an awkward way, especially a person...

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     clodhopper definicja: 1. a person who moves in an awkward...

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   It was usually used, as a term of derision, by townspeople at the expense of muddy booted yokels – much in the way the ‘bog-trotter’ is now used to defame the rural Irish. Since the early 19th century, in the UK and USA, ‘clod-hoppers’ were also the name given to ploughmen’s boots.

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   1. : a clumsy and uncouth rustic. 2. : a large heavy work shoe or boot. Synonyms. bumpkin. chawbacon. churl. cornball. countryman. hayseed. hick. provincial. rube. rustic. yokel. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of clodhopper in a Sentence.

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   clodhopper in British English. (ˈklɒdˌhɒpə ) noun informal. 1. a clumsy person; lout. 2. (usually plural) a large heavy shoe or boot. Collins English Dictionary.

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   There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun clodhopper. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. clodhopper has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. agriculture (late 1600s) birds (1830s)

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   Clodhopper definition: a clumsy boor; rustic; bumpkin.. See examples of CLODHOPPER used in a sentence.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › clodhopperCLODHOPPER | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   a person who moves in an awkward way, especially a person from the countryside: great clodhopper UK Look where you're going, you great clodhopper. They were acting like a bunch of clodhoppers on their first trip to the big city. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Inability and awkwardness. accident-prone.