clod-hopper
11clodhopper — /klod hop euhr/, n. 1. a clumsy boor; rustic; bumpkin. 2. clodhoppers, strong, heavy shoes. [1680 90; CLOD + HOPPER, modeled on GRASSHOPPER] Syn. 1. hick, yokel, lout, hayseed, lummox. * * * …
12Scholl — Recorded in many spelling forms as shown below, this is an interesting surname is Germanic. There are several possible origins, but the most likely is as a form of scholle, meaning a farmer. However it may be cognate with schel , a word which… …
13agriculture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Science of cultivating Nouns 1. (art ofgrowing) agriculture, cultivation, husbandry, farming, tillage, culture; aeroculture, aeroponics, agrobiology, agrology, agronomy, agrostology; gardening,… …
14churl — n. 1. Rustic, peasant, countryman, clod hopper, bumpkin, ploughman, clown. 2. Ill bred man, surly fellow. 3. Niggard, miser, skinflint, scrimp, curmudgeon, hunks, mean fellow …
15hobnail — n. 1. Heavy nail, large headed nail. 2. Clown, lout, bumpkin, churl, clod hopper …
16clodhopper — [kläd′häp΄ər] n. [ CLOD + HOPPER, ? by assoc. with GRASSHOPPER] 1. a plowman 2. a clumsy, stupid person; lout 3. a coarse, heavy shoe, like a plowman s …
17hillbilly — Synonyms and related words: backwoodsman, boor, briar hopper, brush ape, bucolic, bumpkin, bushman, clam digger, clod, clodhopper, clown, country bumpkin, cracker, desert rat, farmer, forester, frontiersman, hayseed, hick, hinterlander, looby,… …
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