1) Ape 2) Galoot 3) Lout 4) Oaf 5) Pug 6) Stumblebum
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1) Average klutz 2) Bad boxer 3) Big ape 4) Big oaf 5) Big, goofy oaf 6) Boxer 7) Boxer Joe of the comics 8) Cartoon boxer Joe 9) Comic strip boxer 10) Fictional boxer Joe 11) Klutz 12) Lout 13) Pugilist 14) Second-rate boxer 15) Second-rate fighter 16) Sports incompetent, slang 17) Stumblebum 18) Stupid oaf
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While we might think of a palooka as a stupid, oafish, or clumsy person, the word originally referred to a mediocre prizefighter. The prizefighter sense originated around 1926, and is credited to Jack Conway, the editor of Variety magazine. Joe Palooka was a 1920s comic that featured a dim-witted boxer with a heart of gold, which helped popularize ...
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A palooka is a tenth rater, a nobody, and a lousy boxer with no ability who usually loses his fights in four or six rounds to boxers who are just starting out in their careers. It's synonymous with tomato can or ham and egger. There was a comic strip created by Ham Fisher in 1928 that featured a good-hearted, slow-witted and inarticulate boxer ...
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A palooka is a tenth rater, a nobody, and a lousy boxer with no ability who usually loses his fights in four or six rounds to boxers who are just starting out in their careers. It's synonymous with tomato can or ham and egger. There was a comic strip created by Ham Fisher in 1928 that featured a good-hearted, slow-witted and inarticulate boxer ...
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Palooka is an inexperienced or incompetent boxer [from the comic strip Joe Palooka by the U.S. artist Ham Fisher, first published in 1930]
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Palooka is American slang for a stupid or clumsy boxer or other person.
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noun a second-rate prize fighter
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A palooka is a tenth rater, a nobody, and a lousy boxer with no ability who usually loses his fights in four or six rounds to boxers who are just starting out in their careers. It's synonymous with tomato can or ham and egger. There was a comic strip created by Ham Fisher in 1928 that featured a good-hearted, slow-witted and inarticulate boxer name...
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Term used to describe an aging, losing, or uncelebrated boxer.
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