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Webster 1913 Edition


Clodhopping

Clod′hopˊping

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Adj.
Boorish; rude.
C. Bronté.

Definition 2024


clodhopping

clodhopping

English

Adjective

clodhopping (comparative more clodhopping, superlative most clodhopping)

  1. boorish; rude
    • Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
      What a mercy you are shod with velvet, Jane! a clodhopping messenger would never do at this juncture.

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