Posted by Bob Hollis on June 18, 1999 at 21:22:43 from 205.243.228.53:
In Reply to: Re: Galoot posted by Jenna on June 17, 1999 at 19:59:24:
The word was/is apparently in frequent use in the American West.
In many western novels it is used as a form of introduction, usually
with a qualifier: "I'm Bill Jones, and this (big) (long-legged) (ugly)
(handsome) (smooth-talkin') galoot is Montana Slim."