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clochard

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clo⋅chard

  [kloh-sherd]
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–noun
a beggar; vagrant; tramp.
Origin:
1940–45; < F, der. of clocher to limp < L clopus lame
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clo·chard   (klō-shär')   
n.   pl. clo·chards (-shär')
A tramp; a vagrant.

[French, from clocher, to limp, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *cloppicāre, from cloppus, lame person, alteration of Latin claudus.]
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