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knuckle-dragger

A stupid, oafish person, especially a large man. An allusion to an ape. Often spelled without a hyphen. My sister has started dating some knuckle-dragger she met down at the gym, much to my parents' chagrin. That knuckle dragger over there is Marvin the Muscle. He works as an enforcer for the Rigatoni crime syndicate.
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knuckle-dragger

n. a strong and stupid man. (Like an ape.) Call off your knuckle-draggers. I’ll pay you whatever you want.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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