gaum vs palooka

gaum

noun

  • A useless person. 

  • A bit, a small amount. 

  • Heed; attention. 

  • Grime. 

verb

  • To smear. 

palooka

noun

  • A stupid, oafish or clumsy person. 

  • Someone incompetent or untalented. 

How often have the words gaum and palooka occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )