clenchpoop
English
Alternative forms
- clinchpoop
Etymology
clench + poop
Noun
clenchpoop (plural clenchpoops)
- (obsolete, derogatory) An uncultured, ill-mannered person.
- 1555, The Institucion of a Gentleman, London: Charles Whittingham, published 1839:
- […] 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 […]
- a. 1581, W[ilson], R[obert]?, The Three Ladies of London; republished London: Tudor Facsimile Texts, 1911, page 8:
- What a clenchpoope drudge is this: I can forbeare him no more.
- 1589, Warner, William, chapter 31, in Albion's England, book 6, London: Edm. Bollifant for George Potter, published 1602, page 153:
- 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,
- 2006, Cornish, David M., Lamplighter (Monster Blood Tattoo; 2):
- "There was an unwelcome guest in our cellars last night, but the rotted clenchpoop is done in now."
- 2013, Fremantle, Elizabeth, Queen's Gambit:
- "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."
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:clenchpoop.
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Synonyms
- boor, clown, lout; see also Thesaurus:bumpkin
References
- Skeat, Walter W[illiam] (1914) A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 78
- Jonathon Green (2023), “clinchpoop n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang, retrieved 4 July 2019