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an adult male human being
- he's a bighearted galoot, even if he's not the sharpest tool in the shed
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“Galoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galoot. Accessed 3 Aug. 2020.
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The first known use of galoot was circa 1818
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