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clotpole

clotpole is the alternative form of clodpole.

Meaning of clodpole

Noun

clodpole (plural clodpoles)

  1. (derogatory) A stupid person; blockhead.
    • Therefore, this Letter being so excellently ignorant, will breed no terror in the youth: he will finde it comes from a Clodde-pole.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of clotpole

pluralclotpoles

Questions about clotpole

What is clotpole the alternative form of?
Clotpole is the alternative form of clodpole.

Words near clotpole in the dictionary

  1. Cloti
  2. clotiapine
  3. clotiazepam
  4. Clotilda
  5. Clotilde
  6. clotpole
  7. clotpoles
  8. clotpoll
  9. clotpolls
  10. clotrimazol
  11. clotrimazole

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clotpole (page history and authors); clodpole (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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