Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Earth-stoppers
subs. (old).—Horse’s feet.
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1823. W. T. MONCRIEFF, Tom and Jerry, i., 6. ‘There’s action for you—there’s one to tip ’em the go-bye at a mill,—there’s EARTH-STOPPERS—quiet to drive, quiet in harness, trots fifteen miles in less than an hour.
