palooka

palooka Definition

☆ 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

palooka Quotes

I have Bright's disease and he has mine, sobbed the panting palooka.

—Perelman, S(ydney) J(oseph)

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