Login
Roast topics
Find topics
Find it!
From:
word histories
(Uncensored)
subscribe
‘clever clogs’: meaning and origin
https://wordhistories.net/2025/09/24/clever-clogs/
links
backlinks
Tagged with:
politics
literature
etymology
public affairs
phrases
lancashire
sports & games
Roast topics
Find topics
Roast it!
a person who behaves as if he or she knows everything—UK, colloquial, 1860—the irony of the expression lies in the fact that clogs are mere functional pedestrian objects
