- plural of lout.
louts
Example Sentences
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“For seven years, he had more than his share of knuckleheads, louts, losers and prima donnas,” former Washington Post sports columnist Michael Wilbon once wrote of Mr. Unseld’s checkered tenure as head coach.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2020
Like yours, there were good moments and bad, great bosses and real louts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2020
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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