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lout

[lout] / laʊt /


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"It's possible that their lout of a client insisted that the lawyers waste their meeting with general grievances about prosecutorial misconduct that already have been rejected by the courts," tweeted former U.S.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2023

His name is Neil Gibson, in homage, one assumes, to the cyberpunk writers Neil Stephenson and William Gibson, even though he’s a lout and, to the best of my knowledge, Stephenson and Gibson are not.

From New York Times May 1, 2023

The major debut is that of Alexander Birch Elliott, who’s Enrico as the drunken lout of your nightmares.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2022

At light speed, the action zips to Siberia, where it momentarily bogs down in an extended dance-off between a bald and shirtless Russian lout and Sonic and Tails.

From Seattle Times Apr. 5, 2022

“Good. I’ve felt a bit invisible with that hulking lout showing off these past few days.”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Like yours, there were good moments and bad, great bosses and real louts.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2020

A 2010 Vanity Fair reminiscence by James Verini wrote: “They call Ames and Taibbi, singly or in combination, children, louts, misogynists, madmen, pigs, hypocrites, anarchists, fascists, racists, and fiends.”

From Washington Post Dec. 15, 2017

These louts are gonna have to watch this sometime.

From The New Yorker May 29, 2014

Instead, they sink into a fictional landscape: Mr. Williamson’s character is irritable, moody, a bit loutish, even as he shouts down louts.

From New York Times May 26, 2014

"With sweet sights like that before you, all you see is a gaggle of louts raising a clangor."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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