Posted by Dave Thewlis on September 03, 2001 at 15:45:04 from 148.78.248.11:
In Reply to: Re: Dicksīs mechanism for the pigeon alarm posted by Peter H on September 02, 2001 at 22:00:58:
I'm sure galoot was in use here (the U.S.*) last century and into this one but it
is certainly not a current usage as far as I know.
*Robert Service, "...I shot the galoot when he started to shoot electricity into my walls."
Hence used in Alaska, at any rate.