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clodhopper

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clod·hop·per

   [klod-hop-er]
noun
1.
a clumsy boor; rustic; bumpkin.
2.
clodhoppers, strong, heavy shoes.
Origin:
1680–90; clod + hopper, modeled on grasshopper

Synonyms
1. hick, yokel, lout, hayseed, lummox.

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clodhopper (ˈklɒdˌhɒpə)
 
—n
1.  a clumsy person; lout
2.  (usually plural) a large heavy shoe or boot
 
'clodhopping
 
—adj

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clodhopper
c.1690, slang, "one who works on plowed land," from clod + agent noun from hop. Perhaps a play on grasshopper. Sense ext. by 1836 to the shoes worn by such workers.
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clodhopper definition


  1. n.
    a big shoe. : Wipe the mud off those clodhoppers before you come in here.
  2. n.
    a stupid person; a rural oaf. : You don't know it, but that clodhopper is worth about two million bucks.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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