clodhoppers
Heavy work boots
Clodhoppers are large, heavy shoes or boots—the kind suited for tramping through plowed fields, where you'd be hopping over clods of dirt.
The word is mildly derisive, suggesting footwear that's clunky and graceless: Take off those clodhoppers before you come inside.
By extension, a clodhopper is a clumsy rustic or bumpkin.
Agricultural employee
- peasantLow-status agricultural laborer
- yokelNaïve rural person
- bumpkinUnsophisticated country dweller
- hayseedSlang for rustic person
hick · boor · rube · countryman · villager · plowman · fieldworker · laborer
Ankle-covering footwear
- broguesPerforated leather dress shoes
- galoshesWaterproof shoe covers
- gumbootsWaterproof knee-high boots
- workbootsDurable footwear for manual labor
clogs · oxfords · derbies · loafers · moccasins · trainers · sneakers · espadrilles
Lacking grace or ease
- bumblingClumsily incompetent
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- oafishStupidly clumsy
gawky · heavy-footed · blundering · stumbling · fumbling · uncoordinated · clunky · ham-handed
farmhand
Agricultural employee
hayseed · hick · boor · rube · countryman · villager · plowman · fieldworker · laborer · provincial
boots
Ankle-covering footwear
- broguesPerforated leather dress shoes
- galoshesWaterproof shoe covers
- gumbootsWaterproof knee-high boots
workboots · clogs · oxfords · derbies · loafers · moccasins · trainers · sneakers · espadrilles · wingtips
awkward
Lacking grace or ease
oafish · gawky · heavy-footed · blundering · stumbling · fumbling · uncoordinated · clunky · ham-handed · maladroit
clunky
Awkward and cumbersome
old-fashioned · outdated · uncool · unflattering · ugly · chunky · graceless · homely · plain · dumpy
clodhoppersballet slippers
Soft shoes for dance
satin slippers · glass slippers · slippers · ballet flats · stilettos
clodhopperssophisticate
Worldly, cultured person
cosmopolitan · city slicker · urbanite · dandy · gentleman