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ˈclod-hopping, a. [f. as prec.] Following the plough; pertaining to, or of the nature of, clodhoppers; loutish, boorish.
1843Dickens Mart. Chuz. vii, A common, paltry, low⁓minded, clodhopping, pipe-smoking ale-house. c1854Thackeray Wolves & Lamb i. (1869) 340 You little scamp of a clod-hopping ploughboy. 1867Ch. & State Rev. 12 Jan. 32 Shufflings of clodhopping boots. So clodhopping n. Agricultural labour.
1847L. Hunt Jar Honey vii. (1848) 87 Spenser delights to designate himself as ‘Colin Clout’, as though he were a patch in the heels of clodhopping. |