clodhopper
2 synonyms for clodhopper, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A sturdy, heavy boot made for tough work.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
Compound of clod + hopper (agentive form of the verb hop). Perhaps affected by analogy with grasshopper. The term originated in the 17th century as a derogatory name for a farm laborer—someone who "hopped" (stomped) over "clods" of earth; attested in the sense of "peasant" since the seventeenth century; the extended se...
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