Re: Galoot


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Posted by Mike Field on September 01, 1999 at 14:47:56 from 203.26.98.109 via proxy cache.net2000.com.au:

In Reply to: Re: Galoot posted by Fred on July 21, 1999 at 00:41:07:

As another Australian, I remember it from the same period in the same way. It was often prefixed with the adjective "silly," and an Australian silly galoot was much the same thing as an English duffer. (But that then leads us on to cattle duffing, which is a cow of a different colour....)


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