palooka

• How come How come what The big palooka is more interested in her looks than in whether she's a crook. —  144 - Strange Fish
• But no, all he has is the sorehead vote - the ne'er do well palookas who see the mayor as a palooka-done-good and will never forgive him for it.
• Rourke is scarcely more recognizable as this over-the-hill palooka than as the hulking cyber-enhanced mutant shtarke he played in Sin City, but there's still the shadow of his soft-lipped, baby-faced smile. —  Westword | Complete Issue
• Rourke is scarcely more recognizable as this over-the-hill palooka than as the hulking, cyber-enhanced mutant shtarke he played in Sin City, but there's still the shadow of his soft-lipped, baby-face smile. —  Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
• Of course, it occasionally backfires when the intended palooka doesn't follow the script and upsets the heavy favorite (Appalachian State and ECU spring to mind); then the cupcakes become "just desserts." —  On Frozen Blog

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