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palooka
/pəˈluːkə/
noun 2
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2ADJ.
against
VERB + PALOOKA
ain't
Definitions
noun
1
A stupid, oafish or clumsy person.
2
Someone incompetent or untalented.
But [Jack] Dempsey against some palooka who had been press agented into greatness and into the form of a Dempsey menace — that would pack any outdoor arena.
Butch: Lookin' at somethin', friend? Vincent: I ain't your friend, palooka.
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noun — a second-rate prize fighter
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But [Jack] Dempsey against some palooka who had been press agented into greatness and into the form of a Dempsey menace — that would pack any outdoor arena.
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Butch: Lookin' at somethin', friend? Vincent: I ain't your friend, palooka.
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