Posted by Fred on July 21, 1999 at 00:41:07 from 203.35.128.5:
In Reply to: Re: Galoot posted by Bob Hollis on June 18, 1999 at 21:22:43:
As an Australian, I remember the word galoot just after WW2 as meaning a (big?) useless and oafish character. The word appears in a short story by Australian poet, Henry Lawson (1867-1922), and also in an old Australian film of the "Dad and Dave" series made in the 1930's.