OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 20538

clodhopper

/ˈklɑdˌhɑpɚ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
zapatón
A strong shoe for heavy-duty use, a boot.
...who had got on his "hill shoes," as he calls a pair of clodhoppers as thick as a ploughman's, and stuck round with nails.
ganso • paleto • patoso
A clumsy or foolish person.
All guess-work exploits shrivel up a good yard, or sometimes two, when brought to the measure, and the champion of the county dwindles into a clumsy clod-hopper.
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