galoot
\ guh-LOOT \ , noun;
1.
Slang . an awkward, eccentric, or foolish person.
Quotes:
Only the galoot still looks ready to fight, and Henry almost hopes they will fight…
-- Stephen King, Dreamcatcher , 2001
Well, one night here comes Jim along the road, whistling; to court Susan, and there was the ugly galoot a-yearning on the bank under the pear tree.
-- Winston Churchill, The Crisis , 1901
Origin:
Galoot entered English in the early 1800s and is of unknown origin.
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