palooka

Example Sentences

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“Stop being the palookas of the Pac-10,” Murray wrote of the admonition he kept to himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2023

Beating Sharks twice in Europe is what boxers do with palookas to inflate records.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2022

On the practice tee before we played, Phil Mickelson was challenging Bubba Watson to a long-drive shootout, and they looked like a couple of palookas trying to bomb it out of the park.

From Golf Digest • Aug. 22, 2018

That makes Seattle like the exact opposite of this seasons Washington Huskies, who'll pulverize the Pac-12 palookas they're supposed to beat and then turn in JV performances whenever the opponents bears a national numerical ranking.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2011

Bill Clinton and Boutros Boutros-Ghali poking each other like palookas too mulish to know better.

From Time Magazine Archive