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Meanings of plodder in English

Catalan
cançoner
Spanish
simplón

Someone who moves slowly.

cançoner

Someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner.

Usage of plodder in English
1
He was what you might call a plodder-youmight call him that.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
2
There's nothing brilliant about me, dear-I'ma plodder, feeling my way along.
His Family
3
I couldn't see a flat-cap so I approached the nearest plodder.
Class of 88
4
Nevertheless, he was himself no plodder when plodding had ceased to be necessary.
Famous Americans of Recent Times
5
I realize this portrays you as the romantic figure and me as the plodder.
The story of edgar sawtelle
6
He could see Bronson working,-alwaysthe plodder, always the fool!
The Snowshoe Trail
7
Adam Bogardus was a plodder in the West as he had been in the East.
The Desert and the Sown
8
Maudette had been a plodder, never bright or ambitious.
Dead until dark
9
Now she was a plodder, her heart racing faster than her feet, her legs heavy.
Frankenstein: Lost Souls - A Novel
10
Yet I was rich, political life courted me; I was not the weary plodder of 1814.
The Lily of the Valley
11
Though we did not always know it, the faithful plodder was sure to win the heights.
A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Beverly, MA)
12
As poor plodder along the way of life, it were impossible for me to know content.
Friends and Neighbors; Or, Two Ways of Living in the World
13
Unimaginative, though, and a bit of a plodder.
The lady elizabeth
14
I am what one might call a plodder.
The Irish Times
15
But you're getting to be a regular plodder.
Frank Merriwell's Chums
16
He was conscientious and hard-working, but no plodder.
The Irish Times
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Plodder through the time