clotpole

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A form of clodpole — A stupid person; blockhead.

Scrabble 12
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Meanings

nounclotpole (plural clotpoles)

plural clotpoles

  1. alternativeAlternative form of clodpole.

    [Lear:] What ſaies the Fellow there? Call the Clotpole backe:

    c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]
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