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- noun Plural form of
clodhopper . (especially referring toheavy orclumsy shoes )
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Examples
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It meant disgrace, defeat; and this fire was as a seal of vassalage affixed to my arms by those I called clodhoppers and serfs.
Mauprat George Sand 1840
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He wore shoes we used to call clodhoppers, great heavy things with squared-off toe caps.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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He wore shoes we used to call clodhoppers, great heavy things with squared-off toe caps.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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He wore shoes we used to call clodhoppers, great heavy things with squared-off toe caps.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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The word "clodhoppers" was coined to describe early congressmen from the back country of Pennsylvania.
RutlandHerald.com 2010
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Yes, once again, it was the same Ian Judge staging, an animated, fluent show that mixes up 18th-century period niceties and '50s culture - a tippling Countess languishes on her bed dialing a big, clunky, corded phone, the men at times wear britches and stockings with their buckled clodhoppers, later choosing modern-day suits.
Donna Perlmutter: Postino and Figaro: Underclass Heroes Who Usher in L.A. Opera's 25th Season Donna Perlmutter 2010
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The UK 8s fit my size-ten-and-a-fraction clodhoppers perfectly: if anything, I have room for cushy socks, even, and usually shoes pinch my feet until they break in.
mary mary quite contrary coffeeem 2009
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Get used to rediscovering the big clay clodhoppers on your Savior.
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Yes, once again, it was the same Ian Judge staging, an animated, fluent show that mixes up 18th-century period niceties and '50s culture - a tippling Countess languishes on her bed dialing a big, clunky, corded phone, the men at times wear britches and stockings with their buckled clodhoppers, later choosing modern-day suits.
Donna Perlmutter: Postino and Figaro: Underclass Heroes Who Usher in L.A. Opera's 25th Season Donna Perlmutter 2010
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Yes, once again, it was the same Ian Judge staging, an animated, fluent show that mixes up 18th-century period niceties and '50s culture - a tippling Countess languishes on her bed dialing a big, clunky, corded phone, the men at times wear britches and stockings with their buckled clodhoppers, later choosing modern-day suits.
Donna Perlmutter: Postino and Figaro: Underclass Heroes Who Usher in L.A. Opera's 25th Season Donna Perlmutter 2010
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