lummox
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Best shot: an usher handing the Lummox a program when she goes to hear her son's piano concert.
From Time Magazine Archive
The next day I took the hoss to Jonesville; Lummox was right: he wasn't FAST, but, jest as I expected, he made a sensation!
From Condensed Novels: New Burlesques by Harte, Bret
"I should never accuse YOU of levity, Mr. Lummox," said the young lady, gazing thoughtfully upon his calm but somewhat heavy features,—"never."
From Condensed Novels: New Burlesques by Harte, Bret
When the voyage was ended Mr. Lummox went to see Mary Bike at her house, and his father—whom he had not seen for ten years—at HIS house.
From Condensed Novels: New Burlesques by Harte, Bret
It mout be two weeks ago," began Dan'l, "that I see John Lummox over at Palmyra, where he'd bin visitin'.
From Condensed Novels: New Burlesques by Harte, Bret
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