Definition of Clodpole. Meaning of Clodpole. Synonyms of Clodpole

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Definition of Clodpole

clodpole
Clodpoll Clod"poll`, n. [Clod + poll head.] A stupid fellow; a dolt. [Written also clodpole.] --Shak.

Meaning of Clodpole from wikipedia

- out of context that McKean referred to the people of Pennsylvania as "clodpoles" (clodhoppers). Some of McKean's other accomplishments included expanding...
- Vanbrugh (1697) Captain Bownceby in The Pretenders by Thomas Dilke (1698) Clodpole in The Amorous Widow by Thomas Betterton (1699) Waitwell in The Way of...
- several editions in the 19th century. Most famously, the sketch of Captain Clodpole and his Georgia militia recruits is believed to have been plagiarized by...