louts
Example Sentences
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“For seven years, he had more than his share of knuckleheads, louts, losers and prima donnas,” former Washington Post sports columnist Michael Wilbon once wrote of Mr. Unseld’s checkered tenure as head coach.
From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2020
Like yours, there were good moments and bad, great bosses and real louts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2020
You might, though, have a moment of doubt when she goes on to describe one of 17th-century London’s notorious menaces, a group of upper-class louts who took their name from a Latin poem by Virgil.
From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2018
The attacks now come not just from the alt-right and anonymous Twitter louts.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2018
“And to be absolutely sure, I’m leaving one of my bodyguards behind. Which of you louts volunteers for the duty?”
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
