palooka
📖 Definitions
noun
1. Someone incompetent or inexperienced, especially as a boxer.
2. A clumsy or foolish person.
💬 Usage Examples
“We’re not a bunch of palookas. Someone is messing with our heads, and I don’t know who it is any more.” Deon Meyer (Translation: K.L. Seegers); Seven Days; Random House; 2012. “He wasn’t no palooka.
He used to be the light heavyweight champ.” Tennessee Williams; Mister Paradise and Other One-Act Plays; New Directions; 2005.