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Definition of Clodhopping
1. a. Boorish; rude.
Definition of Clodhopping
1. Adjective. boorish; rude ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clodhopping
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clodhopping
Literary usage of Clodhopping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Worthies of Cumberland by Henry Lonsdale (1874)
"Bucolic life of the boorish sort prevailed in the hamlet, in which farmers of
small holdings, their clodhopping service, and common craftsmen, laboured for ..."
2. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. by Samuel Carter Hall (1843)
"... starved and starving, clodhopping, huxter-selling spawn of English trade, ye
need be under no apprehension of my giving you the pleasure of my company; ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"He is an honest, good-tempered, slouchy. clodhopping sort of man. not brilliant,
but what my Aunt calls " worthy and honest," and 1 think old ..."
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