Synonyms for clodhoppers

Grammar : Noun

Spell : klod-hop-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈklɒdˌhɒp ər

Définition of clodhoppers

Origin : 1690s, slang, "one who works on plowed land, a rustic," from clod (n.) + agent noun from hop (v.). Cf. in a similar sense clod-breaker, clod-crusher; in this word perhaps a play on grasshopper. Sense extended by 1836 to the shoes worn by such workers.

noun construction boots

Example sentences :

Fact, too good for the half of the clodhoppers about these parts.
Extract from : « The Drone » by Rutherford Mayne

In the eyes of the Darwesh Khel they are a race of clodhoppers.
Extract from : « The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir » by Sir James McCrone Douie

The Baron died of an attack of gout, a disease unknown to clodhoppers.
Extract from : « The Surprises of Life » by Georges Clemenceau

Was he so weak, then, as to return to the poison that had made him the byword of clodhoppers?
Extract from : « The Man Who Rose Again » by Joseph Hocking

Only look at the attempts in verse of the common run of clodhoppers.
Extract from : « Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) » by John Wilson

David was likely to have his own way with clodhoppers, even in the hour of tribulation.
Extract from : « The Late Tenant » by Louis Tracy

These beasts are all clodhoppers, and their feet are hobnailed boots.
Extract from : « Concerning Animals and Other Matters » by E.H. Aitken, (AKA Edward Hamilton)

You clodhoppers think you can run over a man because you know he can't get away.
Extract from : « Heart of the West » by O. Henry

I can't endure to see her go about giving lessons to the clodhoppers round here.
Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 » by Various

The whole regiment looked like a collection of clodhoppers, dirty beyond recognition.
Extract from : « The Duel » by A. I. Kuprin

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