Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
clod-crusher . - noun A peasant; a clodhopper; a clodpoll: used in contempt.
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Examples
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“But I do say so, ma’am,” rejoined the incensed scribe; “and moreover I say, that the old miserly clod-breaker called me pettifogger — pettifogger, ma’am — and said I came to hunt for a job, ma’am — which I have no more right to have said to me than any other gentleman of my profession, ma’am — especially as I am clerk to the peace, having and holding said office under Trigesimo
Rob Roy 2005
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"But I _do_ say so, ma'am," rejoined the incensed scribe; "and moreover I say, that the old miserly clod-breaker called me pettifogger -- pettifogger, ma'am -- and said I came to hunt for a job, ma'am -- which I have no more right to have said to me than any other gentleman of my profession, ma'am -- especially as I am clerk to the peace, having and holding said office under _Trigesimo Septimo Henrici
Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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"But I _do_ say so, ma'am," rejoined the incensed scribe; "and moreover I say, that the old miserly clod-breaker called me pettifogger -- pettifogger, ma'am -- and said I came to hunt for a job, ma'am -- which I have no more right to have said to me than any other gentleman of my profession, ma'am -- especially as I am clerk to the peace, having and holding said office under _Trigesimo Septimo Henrici
Rob Roy — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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