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clenchpoop en · NOUN

Etymology

From clench + poop.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, obsolete) An uncultured, ill-mannered person.
   • "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:
   • 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:
   • "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):
   • 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:
   • […] 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:

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Synonyms

lout · boor · clown