- Clodpoll
- Clodpoll \Clod"poll`\, n. [Clod + poll head.] A stupid fellow; a dolt. [Written also {clodpole}.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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Clodpoll
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clodpoll — [kläd′pōl΄] n. [ CLOD + POLL] a stupid or foolish person; blockhead: also sp. clodpole … English World dictionary
Clodpoll — Archaic term for a stupid person. That new guy is a clodpoll … Dictionary of american slang
Clodpoll — Archaic term for a stupid person. That new guy is a clodpoll … Dictionary of american slang
clodpoll — or clodpole noun Date: 1601 blockhead … New Collegiate Dictionary
clodpoll — /klod pohl /, n. Archaic. a stupid person; blockhead. [1595 1605; CLOD + POLL1] * * * … Universalium
clodpoll — n. blockhead; dolt; stupid person … English contemporary dictionary
clodpoll — n. Simpleton, fool. See dunce … New dictionary of synonyms
clodpoll — See dunce … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
clodpoll — n. sl. = CLOD 2. * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun also clodpole ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ( s) Etymology: clod (I) (lump) + poll (head) or pole, alteration of … Useful english dictionary
clodpole — Clodpoll Clod poll , n. [Clod + poll head.] A stupid fellow; a dolt. [Written also {clodpole}.] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
