gawky

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

A tall, ungainly, stupid, or awkward person.--Worcester.


Wert thou a giglet gawky like the lave,

That little better than our nowt behave.--Ramsay, Gentle Shepherd.

A large half-length [portrait] of Henry Damley represents him tall, awkward, and gawky.--Pennanat's Scotland.

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