lummox

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"Get up, you lummox, and defend yourself.

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  • I suggested that we remove our reeking tunics before fighting, and while the great lummox was disrobing, I threw a ten-weight lump of gold at the great ox and knocked him cold. —  Dan Simmons - Hockenberry 1 - Ilium
  • You could use your mobile phone if you don't suffer from that debilitating affliction that renders your digit dexterity akin to that of the fabled lummox of lore (sadly, I am one such cripple). —  neOnbubble: Bubbly. And Neonny.
  • We may have found our metaphor for this year's Arkansas team, a big, drive blocking lummox of a team going through it's first week of kung-fu class under a very unpleasant and demanding sensei. —  EDSBS
  • Agbonlahor's weak shot was not even going on target until the lummox Carson diverted the ball in the net in his effort to get down to the ball. —  101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more
  • Hildy Johnson, career woman, gloriously child-free, with hips as wide as the Grand Canyon, snaps at her ex-husband, Walter Burns: 'A big fat lummox like you hiring an airplane to write, —  Home | Mail Online
 

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/ˈləməks/
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