English Dictionary

clodhopper

/ˈklɑdˌhɑpɚ/

noun

A strong shoe for heavy-duty use, a boot. / (US) Any kind of shoe. / (military slang) United States Navy ankle length work shoes, distinct from dress shoes or combat boots. / A peasant or yokel.

He wore a pair of clodhoppers while working in the construction site.

意味（1）

A strong shoe for heavy-duty use, a boot.

...who had got on his hill shoes, as he calls a pair of clodhoppers as thick as a ploughman's, and stuck round with nails.

意味（2）

(US) Any kind of shoe.

We had to walk slow because of his wooden clod-hoppers, and that was the way I wanted it now

意味（3）

(military slang) United States Navy ankle length work shoes, distinct from dress shoes or combat boots.

Smiling Jim Mead of New York tries on his GI clodhopper boots. He decided to return them because we couldn't make any altitude with those aboard.

意味（4）

A peasant or yokel.

[…] now a book is no greater rarity than bacon and greens in Virginia; and the clodhopper of this country returns from his daily labours to a book […]

意味（5）

(UK) A clumsy or foolish person.

All guess-work exploits shrivel up a good yard, or sometimes two, when brought to the measure, and the champion of the county dwindles into a clumsy clod-hopper.

意味（6）

Wheatear; any of various passerine birds.

...and as the birds then begin to resort to the downs and open commons, the fallow-chat, wheat-ear, and clodhopper, are not unappropriate names.