clod-hopping
clod-hopping is the alternative form of clodhopping.
Meaning of clodhopping
Adjective
clodhopping (comparative more clodhopping, superlative most clodhopping)
- boorish; rude or awkward.
- There is actually at this instant, at the Blue Dragon in this village—an alehouse observe; a common, paltry, low-minded, clodhopping pipe-smoking alehouse—an individual, of whom it may be said, in the language of the Poet, that nobody but himself can in any way come up to him; who is detained there...1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, “In which Mr. Chevy Slyme asserts the Independence of his Spirit; and the Blue Dragon loses a Limb”, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit...
Forms of clod-hopping
| comparative | more clod-hopping |
|---|---|
| superlative | most clod-hopping |
Questions about clod-hopping
- What is clod-hopping the alternative form of?
- Clod-hopping is the alternative form of clodhopping.
Words near clod-hopping in the dictionary
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