I felt like a lout after my statement was misinterpreted by my friend. From LearnThat.org.
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. ". From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's Angel] Reference
Jennet came in, and dropped a "lout" to the bride, whom she was disposed to regard with great reverence as a real lady. From Wordnik.com. [Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [sunshinecoastdaily.com.au: The Sunshine Coast Daily] Reference
The lout screamed with pain as he grabbed his wrist. From Wordnik.com. [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference
Besides, there's that half-grown lout, Amiel Perdue. From Wordnik.com. [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference
Democrats say they heard the message lout and clear. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2006] Reference
“You — you lout, you!” she said, looking at Herb. From Wordnik.com. [Nuptial Indemnity] Reference
"Stumps, you lout, you've had too much beer again to-day.". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Brown's Schooldays]
And a lout who 'd rather borrow than he' d toil, John Brown. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
The lout was in clover; nothing could have suited him so well. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
I actually, we didn't know a lout, but so I said I don't know. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 28, 2004] Reference
No one tripped the lout as the race led through the assembled crowd. From Wordnik.com. [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference
And he stood, something of a lout, with nervous hands upon his hips. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
"Oh! You're an awfu 'man," cried Petullo, with the accent of a lout. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
He interrupted the objection of a high noble with, "Be silent, lout!". From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Russia] Reference
You know a lout of the airplane industry and the security procedures. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2005] Reference
He was no longer the awkward lout, stolidly working at uncongenial toil. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference
"The idea of a lout like that being taken for the leader!" he exclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [At the Time Appointed] Reference
It's a cross between lox and a trout, he said, so they call them a lout. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 28, 2004] Reference
A country lout is sitting on a fence-rail shouting, and the hunt comes up. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
The lout of a boy began bringing in the breakfast for the automobile party. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
But the girl herself took the lout to task -- before Hiram could say a word. From Wordnik.com. [Hiram the Young Farmer] Reference
I would much rather spend my money here than give it to some lout in Europe. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 10, 2006] Reference
There was no use in giving this lout the advantage of showing anger with him. From Wordnik.com. [Hiram the Young Farmer] Reference
A lout of a boy, who evidently worked about the stables, stood grinning at the door. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
Look at Clive, I was saying; a lout, a bear, a booby -- as a boy, mark you; yet now!. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
"Well, this Loron lout finally got me," said Davy, resuming the thread of his life story. From Wordnik.com. [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference
It so happens that I know one of those goatherds -- a rough lout of a fellow called Petruccio. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
We took on a lout at Buenos Ayres, who's had your berth; but he isn't worth a hang in the boat. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
"No more have you, Meaister," retorted one of the biggest of the boys, a rustic lout of sixteen. From Wordnik.com. [Teddy The Story of a Little Pickle] Reference
By this time the strange youth had been thawed lout and was dropping asleep against the warm rock. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
She couldn't possibly prefer a lout like her current escort to good old Bill Forrester, could she?. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan Passions] Reference
A girl would shriek in one corner, and the lout would quickly transport himself to a distant spot. From Wordnik.com. [Hiram the Young Farmer] Reference
That dull lout, Bob Dobson, 'ud as lieve throw his money into her lap as he'd swallow a mug of ale. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'] Reference
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