clenchpoop

plural clenchpoops · alternative clinchpoop

1. derogatoryobsoleteAn uncultured, ill-mannered person.

   What a clenchpoope drudge is this: I can forbeare him no more.

   a. 1581, R[obert]? W[ilson], The Three Ladies of London, act 2; republished London: Tudor Facsimile Texts, 1911, page 8

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   […] for if a Gentleman haue in hym any humble behauour, then Roysters do cal suche one by the name of a Loute, a Clynchpope, or one that knoweth no facions […]

   1555, The Institucion of a Gentleman, London: Charles Whittingham, published 1839

   Not far of was a Loute / With neare a hansome rag, himselfe lesse handsome sole to snout, / Lesse wel-form'd, or more il-fac'st, & like Clenchpoope looke and lim,

   1589, William Warner, chapter 31, in Albion's England, book 6, London: Edm. Bollifant for George Potter, published 1602, page 153

   "There was an unwelcome guest in our cellars last night, but the rotted clenchpoop is done in now."

   2006, David M. Cornish, Lamplighter (Monster Blood Tattoo; 2)

   "You could have any clenchpoop in these kitchens if you wanted. All you want's a fumble; it's not like you want him to marry you."

   2013, Elizabeth Fremantle, Queen's Gambit

   Synonyms: boor, clown, lout