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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a lout" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a rude, ill-mannered, or uncouth person, often in a derogatory manner.
Example: "He acted like a lout at the party, making inappropriate jokes and ignoring the guests."
Alternatives: "a boor" or "a clod".
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A lout.
A "shoon" was a lout.
He's a lout with language.
He came off as a lout".
The woman's husband might have been a lout.
A lout on Labor Day; a lifesaver on Game Day.
Are you elbowing into other people's rib cages or screaming like a lout?
Once content to be a lout, Pony has moved on to become a burgeoning rock star.
The husbands, off at their jobs most of the time, perform only a peripheral role, and Skeeter has a rather baffling boyfriend (Chris Lowell), who behaves first like a lout, then like a prince, then like a lout again.
He sees his father as a hypocrite, while his father sees him as a lout.
Basically, Kevin is a lout, although there is often a comic poignance to his loutishness.
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