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☆ pa·looka (pə lo̵̅o̅′kə)

noun

Slang a clumsy or oafish fellow, esp. an inept athlete

Etymology: < ?: popularized by Jack Conway (died 1928), U.S. baseball player and sportswriter

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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