# clodhopper

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈklɑdˌhɑpɚ/

## Definitions
1. A strong shoe for heavy-duty use, a boot.
2. Any shoe construed (within a particular context) as ungainly.
3. United States Navy ankle length work shoes, distinct from dress shoes or combat boots.
4. A peasant or yokel.
5. A clumsy or foolish person.
6. Wheatear: any of various passerine birds.

## Etymology
Compound of clod + hopper (agentive form of the verb hop). Perhaps affected by analogy with grasshopper. Attested in the sense of "peasant" since the seventeenth century; the extended sense of "boot" or "shoe" dates from the nineteenth century.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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