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ga⋅loot

  [guh-loot]
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–noun Slang.
an awkward, eccentric, or foolish person.
Also, galloot.

Origin:
1805–15; orig. uncert.
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ga·loot also gal·loot   (gə-lōōt')   
n.   Slang
A person, especially a clumsy or uncouth one.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

galoot 
"awkward or boorish man," 1812, nautical, "raw recruit, green hand," originally a sailor's contemptuous word for soldiers or marines, of uncertain origin. "Dictionary of American Slang" proposes galut, Sierra Leone creole form of Sp. galeoto "galley slave." Perhaps rather Du. slang kloot "testicle," klootzaak "scrotum," used figuratively as an insult.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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