clodhopper
11clodhopper — /klod hop euhr/, n. 1. a clumsy boor; rustic; bumpkin. 2. clodhoppers, strong, heavy shoes. [1680 90; CLOD + HOPPER, modeled on GRASSHOPPER] Syn. 1. hick, yokel, lout, hayseed, lummox. * * * …
12clodhopper — noun a) A strong shoe for heavy duty use, a boot. b) Any kind of shoe …
13Clodhopper — 1. country bumpkin or rustic boor; 2. pl large, ungainly boots (17th C. British slang) …
14clodhopper — Australian Slang 1. country bumpkin or rustic boor; 2. pl large, ungainly boots (17th C. British slang) …
15clodhopper — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rustic, hick, yokel; see boor , fool 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. hick, yokel, bumpkin, hayseed, rustic, farmer, hillbilly, *cider squeezer. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A clumsy, unsophisticated person: bumpkin …
16clodhopper — clod|hop|per [ˈklɔdˌhɔpə US ˈkla:dˌha:pər] n 1.) clodhoppers [plural] a pair of heavy strong shoes used humorously 2.) BrE informal someone who is awkward and rough …
17clodhopper — clod|hop|per [ klad,hapər ] noun count INFORMAL 1. ) clodhoppers plural HUMOROUS large heavy shoes 2. ) OLD FASHIONED someone who often breaks things or knocks things over …
18clodhopper — n A clumsy, unsophisticated person from the country. There are days when I think we have nothing but clodhoppers in the office. 1820s …
19clodhopper — n a. a clumsy or boorish person. The term originally (two hundred odd years ago) referred to a ploughman or rustic (treading clods of earth in the fields). b. British a policeman. Rhyming slang from copper, rather than a simple pejorative …
20clodhopper — n. ploughman; clumsy person …
