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whopstraw

whopstraw noun: a rustic, a clod-hopper.

Noun

whopstraw (plural whopstraws)

  1. A rustic, a clod-hopper.
    • Charles had not been employed at Darracott Place above six months, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax
  2. A thresher, one who separates the grain from the chaff by beating with a flail.
    • Parker Clare became a flail-thresher, a whopstrawa. 1864, John Clare, edited by J. W. Tibble, Selected Poems, published 1965

Forms of whopstraw

pluralwhopstraws

Questions about whopstraw

What does whopstraw mean?
Whopstraw means a rustic, a clod-hopper.
What part of speech is whopstraw?
Whopstraw is a noun.
What is the plural of whopstraw?
The plural of whopstraw is whopstraws.

Words near whopstraw in the dictionary

  1. whopping
  2. whoppingest
  3. whoppingly
  4. whoppings
  5. whops
  6. whopstraw
  7. whopstraws
  8. whorage
  9. whorages
  10. whore
  11. whore after

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