Lamb and Lout

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Lamb noun - An innocent or gentle person.

Usage example: the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them

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Lout is an antonym for lamb.

Nearby Words: lambed, lambskin, lambing

Lout noun - A big clumsy often slow-witted person.

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Lamb is an antonym for lout.

Nearby Word: loutish

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