whopstraw noun2 •A thresher, one who separates the grain from the chaff by beating with a flail.Parker Clare became a flail-thresher, a whopstraw — 1864 •A rustic, a clod-hopper.Charles had not been employed at Darracott Place above six months, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour. — 1959 formswhopstraws
