Whopstraw
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Whopstraw is a noun meaning A rustic, a clod-hopper.
Meaning
A rustic, a clod-hopper.
More Meanings
- A thresher, one who separates the grain from the chaff by beating with a flail.
Example Sentences
Parker Clare became a flail-thresher, a whopstraw
Charles had not been employed at Darracott Place above six months, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.
Word Forms
- whopstraws
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clodhopper, clodknocker, hoopy, planker, strawb, hobbinoll.
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