Usage examples (35)

• I felt like a lout after my statement was misinterpreted by my friend.
• I do not like to hear a young man called a lout because he's more like a man of business than a man of pleasure. "
• Jennet came in, and dropped a "lout" to the bride, whom she was disposed to regard with great reverence as a real lady.
• A drunk man has been described by a judge as "lout" and given probation for throwing a stone that hit an eight-year-old girl in the head.