noun
- a clumsy boor; rustic; bumpkin.
- clodhoppers, strong, heavy shoes.
noun informal
- a clumsy person; lout
- (usually plural) a large heavy shoe or boot
1690s, slang, “one who works on plowed land, a rustic,” from clod (n.) + agent noun from hop (v.). Cf. in a similar sense clod-breaker, clod-crusher; in this word perhaps a play on grasshopper. Sense extended by 1836 to the shoes worn by such workers.