looby

Definitions

1. A large and awkward or clumsy person; an oaf.
   archaic, dialectal
2. A surname from Irish.

Examples

“‘Depend⟳ upon it, Sir, a savage, when he is hungry, will not carry⟳ about with him a looby of nine years old, who cannot help⟳ himself.’”

“Thus while I tell⟳ the truth about loobies, my reader's imagination need⟳ not be entirely excluded from an occupation with lords […].”

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