clover-kicker n.
1. a clumsy oaf, a boor, a dull-witted peasant.
Wadsworth Gas Attack 15: Clover Kicker’s Waltz. | ||
Literary Digest 10 Apr. 12: Clover kicker. Farmer, rube. | ||
in DARE. |
2. a rustic, a farmer.
Seattle Star (WA) 11 Nov. 8/3: ‘The gimp was doing the royal with some clover-kicker at the next board.’ [The boss was entertaining a friend from the country at the next table]. | ||
N.Y. Tribune 9 Dec. 14/2: ‘Wild Bill’ Doig [...] the amibitious hay-shaker and clover-kicker had been fined $25. | ||
Amer. Thes. Sl. §391.3: rustic, bumpkin, clover kicker. | ||
Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). | ||
, | DAS. |