Meaning of Clod | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A lump of something, especially earth or clay.
2. The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.
3. A stupid person, a dolt, a clodpate, a clodhopper.
4. Part of a shoulder of beef, or of the neck piece near the shoulder.

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Examples

“clods of iron and brass”

“1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), originally published in 1581 by Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered clods of blood”

“The earth that casteth up from the plough a great clod, is not so good as that which casteth up a smaller clod.”

“As for yon clod of clay, we will bury it later, lest it should pollute so goodly a pool.”

“One of the clods took it back of the ear, and it used language. It gave me a thrill, for it was the first time I had ever heard speech, except my own.”

“"What a bunch of hooey," I said under my breath, tossing a dirt clod over my shoulder against the locked-up garden shed.”

“the clod where once their sultan's horse hath trod”

“The vulgar, a scarce animated clod”

“'What was its number?' 'I don't know, sir.' 'You clod! Why didn't you call one of our men, whoever was nearest, and leave him to shadow the American while you followed the cab?'”

“So here's a valentine for you, you insensitive clod!!”

“Gerald Broflovski: You see Kyle, we humans work as a society, and in order for a society to thrive, we need gods and clods.”

“Peridot: Don't touch that! You clods don't know what you're doing!”

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