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Dolt vs Galah - What's the difference?

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Dolt is a related term of galah.


As nouns the difference between dolt and galah

is that dolt is (pejorative) a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard while galah is a pink and grey species of cockatoo, eolophus roseicapilla , native to australia.

As a verb dolt

is (obsolete) to behave foolishly.

dolt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pejorative) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
  • * c. 1603 ,
  • O gull! O dolt ! As ignorant as dirt!
  • * Drayton
  • This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * doltish

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To behave foolishly.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    galah

    English

    (wikipedia galah)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pink and grey species of cockatoo, Eolophus roseicapilla , native to Australia.
  • * 2005 , David Lindenmayer, Mark A. Burgman, Practical Conservation Biology , page 175,
  • The Galah' has benefited from changes in the environment brought about by human activities (Rowley, 1990; Saunders and Ingram, 1995; Forshaw, 2002). The ' Galah ?s diet is predominantly seeds, especially those from cereal crops and agricultural weeds.
  • (Australia, slang) A fool, an idiot.
  • That galah nearly drove me off the road.
  • * 1991 , , River of the Sun , unnumbered page,
  • ‘Don?t just stand there, you great galah , lend a hand here!’ Billy Kemp shoved Edmund towards the longboat. ‘Get it free. The lads are bringing up the casks.’
  • * 1999 , , Solomon's Song , unnumbered page,
  • ‘But, Sergeant, I reckon a man would look a proper galah falling about with an empty rifle, going click, click, click, “bang you?re dead” when he wasn?t doing rifle drill on parade, like when it?s not official, know what I mean?’ one of the infantrymen volunteers.
  • * 2006 , John Chalmers, The Professional Guest , page 13,
  • ‘Then you will strut around like a great galah tryin? to impress the sheilas about what a fuckin? big iron ore miner you are.’

    Synonyms

    * (fool) drongo

    Derived terms

    * galah session

    See also

    * cockatiel * cockatoo * corella

    References

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