palooka
Example Sentences
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“Stop being the palookas of the Pac-10,” Murray wrote of the admonition he kept to himself.
From Los Angeles Times
“I am the luckiest palooka,” he said, and gave a shout-out to both mentor David Mamet and his wife, Felicity Huffman, in the audience.
From Los Angeles Times
John G. Avildsen directs in a modest, unaffected style that underlines the palooka’s solitude.
From New York Times
Beating Sharks twice in Europe is what boxers do with palookas to inflate records.
From Seattle Times
Unfazed, Bugs Bunny says, “Watch me paste this pathetic palooka with a powerful paralyzing perfect pachydermous percussion pitch.”
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
