Clodpole

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A stupid person; blockhead. derogatory

    "[…]this letter, being so excellently ignorant, will breed no terror in the youth: he will find it comes from a clodpole."

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"[…]this letter, being so excellently ignorant, will breed no terror in the youth: he will find it comes from a clodpole."

Etymology

From clod + pole (“head”).

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