lummox

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lum·mox

 (lŭm′əks)
n. Informal
A clumsy or stupid person.

[Origin unknown.]
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lummox

(ˈlʌməks)
n
informal a clumsy or stupid person
[C19: origin unknown]
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lum•mox

(ˈlʌm əks)

n. Informal.
a clumsy, stupid person.
[1815–25; compare dial. (Midlands) lommock large chunk of food, lommocking clumsy]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.lummox - an awkward stupid personlummox - an awkward stupid person    
clumsy person - a person with poor motor coordination
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lummox

noun
Informal. A large, ungainly, and dull-witted person:
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Translations

lummox

[ˈlʌməks] N (US) → bobo/a m/f
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lummox

n (US inf) → Trottel m (inf)
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References in periodicals archive ?
This brilliant documentary on Scotland's young farmers movement casts aside the stereotypes of lummoxes labouring in dung, working the land in bygone tradition as the modern world zipped past unseen.
NOT all hotel managers are lummoxes like Basil Fawlty.