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clodpates

clodpates is the plural of clodpate.

Meaning of clodpate

Noun

clodpate (plural clodpates)

  1. (dated) A blockhead; an idiot or fool.
    • [The knight] clomped along on his carthorse, complaining that knightly deeds were very hard to come by these days, and that knights errant had to put up with wayside clouts and clodpate pummelling in place of jousts of arms and splintering lances for love of fair ladies.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 54

Questions about clodpates

What is clodpates the plural of?
Clodpates is the plural of clodpate.

Words near clodpates in the dictionary

  1. clodknockers
  2. clodlet
  3. clodlets
  4. clodpate
  5. clodpated
  6. clodpates
  7. clodpole
  8. clodpoles
  9. clodpolish
  10. clodpoll
  11. clodpolls

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