lummock

lummock
n
a large, clumsy and/or stupid person. The word is used in the USA and Aus-tralia as well as in Britain, but is origi-nally a rural British dialect form of 'lump', in the same way as 'hummock' is a diminutive form of 'hump'.
► 'The awkward lummox of a kid who, though only ten years old, was almost as big as his fifth grade teacher.' (Wild Town, Jim Thompson, 1957)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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