clod
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clodhopper, gawk, hulk, lout, lubber, lug, lump, Neanderthal, oaf, palooka
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Patrick Vaill: Farmhand Jud Fry is usually portrayed as a dim-witted clod of a villain in Oklahoma! — Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, "How This Year's Tony Nominees Reflect a Bolder Broadway," 3 June 2019 Caveat: Jockey Mike Smith must break Justify straight and fast from the starting gate, or risk getting shuffled back to an unfamiliar position in the middle of a roiling scrum, with dirt clods landing in his face for the first time in his life. — Tim Layden, SI.com, "Kentucky Derby Preview: Justify Headlines Unusually Crowded Field of Contenders," 3 May 2018 Big and small, loose and tightly packed, these clods hurtle relentlessly from all angles at the shoulders, necks and faces of the horses—and jockeys—trailing the leaders. — Bloomberg.com, "Eating Dirt on Kentucky Derby Day," 1 May 2018 Earl, Jenna’s clod of a spouse, isn’t fully sketched in, either, but Nelson did write in a bit of a back story (more than the the movie revealed) to give the couple greater context. — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, "Musical version of 'Waitress' hits an affecting Time's-Up chord," 1 Feb. 2018 This place understands flat iron, that marbled chop from the shoulder clod, fanned out in six fat slices to show off its medium-rare core. — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, "Review: Francis Bogside makes a rousing comeback," 28 Dec. 2017 Large bombs plummeted into the range, sending huge clouds of smoke into the sky, along with giant clods of earth and shock waves toward the spectators. — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, "Vast Exercise Demonstrated Russia’s Growing Military Prowess," 1 Oct. 2017 Jeering students ended up pelting Rockwell with eggs and dirt clods. — Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Virginia riot elicits violent response: Was it morally justified?," 21 Aug. 2017 Dave Barry used to say that the difference between men and women is that women can see actual molecules of dirt, whereas men can’t see it even when it’s coalesced into clods. — Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, "Who should do the chores around my house?," 10 Apr. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'clod.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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