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Definition of Clodhoppers
1. Noun. (plural of clodhopper) (especially referring to heavy or clumsy shoes) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clodhoppers
1. clodhopper [n] - See also: clodhopper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clodhoppers
Literary usage of Clodhoppers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reginald Hastings: Or, A Tale of the Troubles in 164- by Eliot Warburton (1850)
"... those clodhoppers let blood enough too, to keep Nhe fever down ; And if it
please God, I may yel |«ee the poor ..."
2. Roman Legends: A Collection of the Fables and Folk-lore of Rome by Rachel Harriette Busk (1877)
"THE SE VEX clodhoppers.1 SEVEN clodhoppers went to confession. ' Father, I stole
something,' said the first. ' What was it you stole ? ' asked the priest. ..."
3. Reminiscences Chiefly of Oriel College and the Oxford Movement by T[homas] Mozley (1882)
"But if any one could but have seen the two men—Keble, who loved and honoured
his ' clodhoppers,' and this fellow, who \vas preparing to hate and despise ..."
4. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Western Literary Institute and by Western Literary Institute and College of Professional Teachers (1839)
"But alas for us, the clodhoppers, evil was brewing against us, as will soon
appear-by the sequel. On each Saturday the custom with ..."
5. Original Plays by William Schwenck Gilbert (1908)
"They're clumsy clodhoppers With axes and choppers, And shepherds and ploughmen,
And drovers and cowmen, And hedgers and reapers, And carters and keepers, ..."
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