galoot
Example Sentences
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Do you think we want to make this galoot No. 1 for the second week in a row?
From Slate • Jun. 17, 2023
Stefan, if something of a sad sack, is also a charming big galoot who sincerely believes in love.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2022
They called him Mongo, after the illiterate galoot played by Alex Karras in the Mel Brooks movie “Blazing Saddles.”
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2020
Not so Segel, who in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and The Five-Year Engagement displayed the charm of an engaging galoot.
From Time • Jul. 16, 2014
Who would let such a galoot in the door?
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
