palooka

İngilizce - Türkçe

palooka teriminin İngilizce Türkçe sözlükte anlamı

kıro

ayı

hödük

beceriksiz boksör

{i} yontulmamış adam

{i} kalas herif

İngilizce - İngilizce

palooka teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı

an incompetent untalented boxer, bridge player, etc

But Dempsey against some palooka who had been press agented into greatness and into the form of a Dempsey menace — that would pack any outdoor arena.

a stupid, oafish or clumsy person

{i} untalented or unmotivated athlete (esp. a boxer); clumsy or foolish person

an incompetent untalented boxer

a second-rate prize fighter

Heceleme

pa·loo·ka

Etimoloji

[ p&-'lü-k& ] (noun.) 1924. Possibly from Polish surname Paluka, or variant of Polack.“”, , Michael Quinion US 1920s, originally primarily used of boxers. Popularized by Jack Conway of Variety,Esquire, September 1936H. L. Mencken|H. L. Mencken]], 1945 supplement to The American Language|The American Language]], reviewed in , TIME, Monday, Aug. 27, 1945 who also popularized baloney and bimbo. Further popularized by Ham Fisher|Ham Fisher]] in his comic strip Joe Palooka|Joe Palooka]], about a boxer (in newspapers from 1930, particularly popular in 1940s).Cassell’s Dictionary Of Slang. Jonathon Green. Cassel & Co., 1998. ISBN: 0-304-35167-9