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Meanings of lummox in English

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An awkward stupid person.

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      Usage of lummox in English
      1
      Egwene, as you may have guessed, this disgracefully unclothed lummox is my brother.
      The great hunt
      2
      He wouldn't trust dat big lummox Koku wif anyt'ing laik dis.
      Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel; Or, The Hidden City of the Andes
      3
      The great lummox then crudely upends the Frenchman and is given a card for his trouble.
      The Guardian
      4
      Nina finds herself thinking that finally Polina has found someone who isn't quite such a lummox.
      Russian Winter
      5
      Doan make sich a racket, yo' big lummox!
      Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope
      6
      When Iggy could breathe again, he harshly demanded of Biff, Hey, you big lummox, what's the idea?
      The adventures of button
      7
      Get up, you lummox, and defend yourself.
      Flowing Gold
      8
      What do you reckon Miss Sheba wants with a fat, lop-sided lummox like you along with her?
      The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North
      9
      He's a lummox, but he's sweet.
      The Golem and the Jinni
      10
      I took exception to the good-natured "lummox's" behaviour.
      Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
      11
      I'se gwine t' git a rock, Massa Tom, an' bash de haid ob dat big lummox ob a giant!
      Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel; Or, The Hidden City of the Andes
      12
      A taxi skidded up, then just sat there with his beams on me, haloed like a lummox, sitting in the road.
      The Irish Times
      13
      I was a lummox, a lunkhead, a lubber, a fool, a saphead- Iwaseverything that was awkward and clumsy and thumb-hand-sided!
      Vandemark's Folly
      14
      Team 2 were blessed with a number of talented players, but I concentrated on the big lummox they had playing in defense.
      The Guardian
      15
      Oswald is a big fair-haired lummox that sings tenor in the Presbyterian choir and has the young men's Bible class in the Sabbath School.
      Ma Pettengill
      16
      She struck back with her best Nimrim repartee, "You're a nice one to call me a cow, you big, fat, old lummox!"
      We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
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      Lummox through the time