clodhopper

n.

1. A clumsy, coarse person; a bumpkin.
2. A big heavy shoe.

(KLOD-hop-uhr)

noun
1. A clumsy, awkward fellow.
2. A strong, heavy work shoe.

Etymology
Apparently modeled after grasshopper: clod + hopper

Usage
"They (drugs) cannot make a champion athlete out of a clodhopper. Winners still need the legs, the lungs and, above all, the heart to succeed." — Mick Hume; Let's Inject Some Sense Into This; The Times (London, UK); Oct 27, 2003.

"Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets, but humbler folk may circumvent this restriction if they know how. To plant a pine, for example, one need be neither god nor poet; one need only own a good shovel. By virtue of this curious loophole in the rules, any clodhopper may say: Let there be a tree--and there will be one." — Aldo Leopold, conservationist (1887-1948).

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noun

A clumsy, unsophisticated person: bumpkin, rustic, yokel. See ability/inability.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - knoldesparker

Nederlands (Dutch)
zware schoen, lummel

Français (French)
n. - balourd, empoté, croquenot (chaussure)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Tölpel, (ugs.) Quadratlatschen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χοντροπάπουτσο, μπουνταλάς

Italiano (Italian)
zoticone, zoccolone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - camponês (m)

Русский (Russian)
пахарь, мужик неотесанный

Español (Spanish)
n. - patán

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bondlurk (vard.), buffel (vard.), hals av oxe (slakt.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
庄稼汉, 乡巴佬

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 莊稼漢, 鄉巴佬

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 우악한 사람, 촌뜨기, 투박하고 무거운 신

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 田舎者, どた靴

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص خشن أو جلفي, حذا ثقيل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כפרי, מגושם‬

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