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lum⋅mox

  [luhm-uhks]
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–noun Informal.
a clumsy, stupid person.
Origin:
1815–25; cf. dial. (Midlands) lommock large chunk of food, lommocking clumsy, awkward; ulterior orig. uncert.
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lum·mox   (lŭm'əks)   
n.   Informal
A clumsy or stupid person.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
lummox [ˈləmɑks] and [ˈləməks]

and lommix; lummux
  1. n.
    a heavy, awkward, stupid person, usually a male. : Sam is what you would call a lummux—but not to his face, of course.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

lummox 
1825, East Anglian slang, perhaps from dumb ox, influenced by lumbering; or from E. Anglian dialectal form of lummock "move heavily or clumsily," of uncertain origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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