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Composed of "clot" meaning fool or oaf and "pole" referring to the male genetalia. "He's trying to get rid of me and if you weren't such a clotpole you'd see that!"
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| 2. | clotpole | |
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also, clatpole. In Elizabethan slang, it means 'wooden head' or 'block head'. It comes from 'clodpoll'. The word 'clatpole' is used in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, Act 2, scene 1, lines 110–120. Ajax:
I shall cut out your tongue. Thersites: 'Tis no matter, I shall speak as much as thou afterwards. Patroclus: No more words, Thersites, peace! Thersites: I will hold my peace when Achilles' brach bids me, shall I? Achilles: There's for you, Patroclus. Thersites: I will see you hang'd like clatpoles (clotpole) ere I come any more to your tents. I will keep where there is wit stirring, and leave the faction of fools. *Exit* Patroclus: A good riddance. |
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