galoots

But, see here, mister, I'm one of those simple kind of galoots -- and the less a man knows the more suspicious he is.

The Landloper Holman Day 1900

In view of the fact that this vilest of crimps was the loser of the money, I could almost forgive the "galoots" for the theft of my boat.

Voyage of the Liberdade Joshua Slocum 1877

Late in the day, however, a barge came out to us, ill-manned and ill-managed by as scared a set of "galoots" as ever capsized a boat, or trembled at a shadow!

Voyage of the Liberdade Joshua Slocum 1877

No wonder so many Americans are big lumbering galoots.

Could President Obama propose a soda tax? 2009

But you overlook the big galoots in the pack at your peril.

New Boys Getting Into the Action Jonathan Clegg 2011

The "frozen-in-time" republican-democracy you good folk ballyhoo was the American Way of the Life of the slave-holders, the land thieves and the galoots.

Gov is not Great: How Democratic Fundamentalism Poisons Everything, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Most of the time is spent standing around while the big galoots in the scrum tangle for the ball.

Flying into the record books Jonathan Clegg 2011

Baseball players can no longer afford to be big galoots who hit home runs but get winded rounding the bases.

Bigger, Stronger, Faster: Doping, Training, and Human Evolution, and How Sports Change as Players Get Huge 2010

To FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, they wrote: “Don't let these giant galoots shaking hands in the corner distract you -- you have a job to do.”

Battle over net neutrality heats, public interest groups call on FCC to ignore Verizon-Google plan 2010

Jesus, did any group of people deserve to see that more than that auditorium full of galoots?

taint nothin' but a grundle 2009