Plodder
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Plodder is a noun meaning A person who, or animal that, plods.
Meaning
A person who, or animal that, plods.
More Meanings
- A person who works slowly, making a great effort with little result; a person who studies laboriously.
- A machine for extruding soap, margarine, etc. through a die plate so it can be cut into billets.
Example Sentences
Mules and horses were individually plodders, or ‘flash,’ or rogues.
Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers […]
Study is like the heaven’s glorious sun That will not be deep-search’d with saucy looks: Small have continual plodders ever won Save base authority from others' books
From the mill the soap passes into the hopper of the plodder. This machine feeds it automatically into a compartment where it is subjected to an enormous pressure, forming it again into a compact mass.
Word Forms
- plodders
Synonyms for plodder
Depending on context, synonyms include slowpoke, slogger, slowcoach.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include slowpoke, slowcoach, slogger, trudger, drudger, lumberer.
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