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lummox

Noun

Meaning

A fat, ungainly, stupid person; an awkward bungler.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. I still wore the blue dress and the blouse the orphanage provided. They made me look like an overgrown lummox. Marilyn Monroe

At the request of Lummox, the recently married John and Betty accompany her back to her people as members of the human diplomatic mission. Source: Internet

In this chapter, John Thomas rereads the entries in his great-grandfather's diary of how Lummox was found. Source: Internet

Plot summary An ancestor of John Thomas Stuart XI brought the alien, long-lived Lummox home from an interstellar voyage. Source: Internet

Eventually, the court tries to have Lummox destroyed, but is unable to do so, much to Lummox's amusement. Source: Internet

It is discovered that, from her viewpoint, the young Lummox has been pursuing her only hobby and principal interest: the raising of John Thomases. Source: Internet

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