"whopstraw" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: whopstraws [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} whopstraw (plural whopstraws)
  1. A rustic, a clod-hopper.
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  2. A thresher, one who separates the grain from the chaff by beating with a flail.
    Sense id: en-whopstraw-en-noun-UuAfB9Zo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of People: 0 100

Inflected forms

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