lout
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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
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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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