galoot
or gal·loot
an awkward, eccentric, or foolish person.
Origin of galoot
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How to use galoot in a sentence
But the old man wanted his son to be a business man, not a crazy, piano-playing galoot.
Roast Beef, Medium | Edna FerberWhy, thars been a galoot around Tintacker ever since Spring opened.
Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch | Alice B. EmersonI 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 | Frank NorrisI don't propose to make a jumping-jack of myself for some galoot to give me the laugh, but we'll walk around.
The Octopus | Frank NorrisOld Jack didn't hev no relatives, so he hed a right to make any galoot his heir.
Frank Merriwell Down South | Burt L. Standish
British Dictionary definitions for galoot
galloot
/ (ɡəˈluːt) /
slang, mainly US a clumsy or uncouth person
Origin of galoot
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