clenchpoop

English

Alternative forms

• clinchpoop

Etymology

clench +‎ poop

Noun

clenchpoop (plural clenchpoops)

1. (obsolete, derogatory) An uncultured, ill-mannered person.
   • 1555, The Institucion of a Gentleman‎^[1], 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, R[obert]? W[ilson], The Three Ladies of London, act 2; republished London: Tudor Facsimile Texts, 1911, page 8:

     What a clenchpoope drudge is this: I can forbeare him no more.

   • 1589, William Warner, 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, David M. Cornish, Lamplighter (Monster Blood Tattoo; 2):

     "There was an unwelcome guest in our cellars last night, but the rotted clenchpoop is done in now."

   • 2013, Elizabeth Fremantle, 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.

Synonyms

• boor, clown, lout; see also Thesaurus:bumpkin

References

• Skeat, Walter W[illiam] (1914) A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words‎^[2], Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 78
• Jonathon Green (2024) “clinchpoop n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, retrieved 4 July 2019