galoot: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Sep. 20, 2014

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 Origin Galoot entered English in the early 1800s and is of unknown origin.

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