palooka
[noun]
Synonyms: oaf, gawk, klutz, lobster, looby, lout, lubber, lug, lummox, lump

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palooka noun. [pǝ'lu:kǝ] slang (chiefly US). E20.
[Origin unkn.]
An inferior or average prizefighter; a stupid or mediocre person; an oaf, a lout.

Comb.:
Palookaville noun (the name of) a town inhabited by palookas; mediocrity, obscurity (esp. in phr. a one-way ticket to Palookaville): M20.

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