clod-hopper | The Sailor's Word-Book

clod hopper
A country farmer, or ploughman. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Clod
·vt To pelt with clods. II. Clod ·noun A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt. III. Clod ·noun The g...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Hopper
·noun ·see <<Grasshopper>>, 2. II. Hopper ·noun The larva of a cheese fly. III. Hopper ·noun One w...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
clod pate
A dull, heavy booby. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
clod pole
The same. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Scotch-hopper
·noun <<Hopscotch>>. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
hopper-arsed
Having large projecting buttocks: from their resemblance to a small basket, called a hopper or hoppe...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
ash-hopper
A lie cask, or an inverted pymmidal box to contain ashes, resembling a hopper in a mill. They are co...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
hopper-cake
a seed-cake with plums in it, with which the farmers treat their servants when seed-time is finished...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
hopper-punt
A flat-floored lighter for carrying soil or mud, with a hopper or receptacle in its centre, to conta...

The Sailor's Word-Book
sand-hopper
A small creature (Talitra), resembling a shrimp, which abounds on some beaches. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book