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a boot so blunt it announces your arrival three rooms early.
means A clodhopper is a heavy, clumsy shoe or boot — or, by extension, a clumsy, unrefined country person who wears such things.
from A plain English compound: a 'clod' is a lump of earth, and a 'hopper' hops over it. The word began in the 17th century as mocking slang for a rustic — a plowman literally hopping the clods of a freshly turned field. The sense slid from the bumpkin to the heavy boots on his feet, which is where it mostly lives today.
- origin
- Once meant a plowman, not his footwear
- literal
- Clods are dirt lumps; you hop them
- candy
- A chocolate-covered toffee treat also claims the name
- insult tier
- Polite Victorian word for a clumsy oaf
for instance
clodhopper shoes — heavy work boots with thick soles, worn by farmers and laborers since the 1800s
clodhopper candy — popcorn clusters with chocolate and caramel coating, made by trolli since 1987