"Galoot" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... And burnt a hole in the night, And quick as a flash she turned, and made For the wilier-bank on the right. There was runnin' and cursin', but Jim yelled out Over all the infernal, roar, "I'll hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last galoot's ashore." ...
— Successful Recitations • Various
... and cold. I followed him into Gehennas of sin, I sat where the sirens sit; In the shade of the Pole, for the sake of his soul, I strove with the powers of the Pit. I shadowed him down to the scrofulous town; I dragged him from dissolute brawls; But I killed the galoot when he started to ...
— Ballads of a Cheechako • Robert W. Service
... theory might lead him to important discoveries. For fully five minutes he stood motionless, and gazed into the river, buried deep in his own thoughts. Then he soliloquized: "I wonder if Lily's been stolen? S'pose, while we've been searchin' fer her high an' low, Foley an' the galoot what whacked me jest took the little girl an' carried her off in my boat? That 'ere story 'bout Dennis Foley buyin' a ticket for Philadelphy struck me as fishy when I fust heerd it, an' now I don't believe it a t'all. They couldn't git ...
— The Fifth String, The Conspirators • John Philip Sousa
... astute On that wily galoot Soon dropped, and you'll say that he leathered him — Not he; with a grim Sort of humorous whim, He took him and ...
— Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses • Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson |
