[pəˈluːkə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a stupid, clumsy, or uncouth person
(e.g: these bearded, stumbling palookas in their peasants' breeches)

- an inferior or average prize fighter
(e.g: he was just another palooka trying to muscle in on the fight racket)


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Origin:
1920s: of unknown origin (popularized by the comic strip character Joe Palooka, a well-meaning but clumsy prize fighter)