galoot

• It's hard to GALLIVANT on the unemployment line galoot Q: Can you tell me where the word galoot comes from, as in "Ya big galoot"? —  The Word Detective
• Naturally, the sailors resented the soldiers' privileged shipboard status, and the derogatory term galoot was probably concocted as a small but satisfying means of revenge. —  The Word Detective
• You're the kind of galoot that ought never to git out of sight of a railroad. —  The Man from the Bitter Roots
• The Judge and me are only going to rastle with the sperrit of that gay young galoot, when he drops down for his girl--and exhort him pow'ful! —  The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly
• I talk like a galoot when I get talking to feemale girls and I can't lay my tongue to anything that sounds right. —  The Octopus : A story of California

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