>> Interestingly, “clot” and “clot” are actually the same word
Or not so interestingly. I presume that one of those “clot”s was supposed to say “clod”.
admin:
April 13th, 2014 at 5:37 pm
Yup. Fixed it. Thanks.
Tina Lynn:
April 13th, 2020 at 1:06 pm
Perhaps I’m commiting necromancy, but I’d like to note that sturdy farmer boots, perhaps hob-nailed and rather unsophisticated, were known as clod-hoppers. Emphasis on utility, not combat.
Laurie:
January 6th, 2021 at 7:07 pm
Does clod hopper come from the medical Term claudicatiion or vice versa ?
Noreen Clark:
September 30th, 2021 at 8:30 pm
When I asked for the meaning of clod hopper I had no idea I would be taken down such a wonderful country road. Thanks for the journey.
Mark:
October 7th, 2021 at 12:48 pm
A letter from between 1220 and 1240 from William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey to William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle uses the word. “That which ceases from use has prepared the way for its own retirement. We knights are being kept from action like unskilled clodhoppers; this long interval of sitting around, which prevents the practice of knightly exercise, gives one kidney stones”. So, well before 17th century.
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Danny S.:
April 3rd, 2014 at 4:57 am
>> Interestingly, “clot” and “clot” are actually the same word
Or not so interestingly. I presume that one of those “clot”s was supposed to say “clod”.
admin:
April 13th, 2014 at 5:37 pm
Yup. Fixed it. Thanks.
Tina Lynn:
April 13th, 2020 at 1:06 pm
Perhaps I’m commiting necromancy, but I’d like to note that sturdy farmer boots, perhaps hob-nailed and rather unsophisticated, were known as clod-hoppers. Emphasis on utility, not combat.
Laurie:
January 6th, 2021 at 7:07 pm
Does clod hopper come from the medical Term claudicatiion or vice versa ?
Noreen Clark:
September 30th, 2021 at 8:30 pm
When I asked for the meaning of clod hopper I had no idea I would be taken down such a wonderful country road. Thanks for the journey.
Mark:
October 7th, 2021 at 12:48 pm
A letter from between 1220 and 1240 from William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey to William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle uses the word. “That which ceases from use has prepared the way for its own retirement. We knights are being kept from action like unskilled clodhoppers; this long interval of sitting around, which prevents the practice of knightly exercise, gives one kidney stones”. So, well before 17th century.