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looby
[ loo-bee ]
noun
- an awkward person, especially one who is lazy or stupid; lout; lubber.
looby
/ ˈluːbɪ /
noun
- a foolish or stupid person
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Word History and Origins
Origin of looby1
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Example Sentences
Lowry Looby, who has been appointed to a place and is asked how he is going on with it, replies, 'To lose it I did for a place.'
Some one, to be sure, may suggest "Looby-Looby," which has but to be named when all are ready and eager.
We saw boys and girls alternating, hand held in hand—and all to the undeniably secular libretto of "Looby-Loo."
Lowry Looby says:—'It is equal to me whether I walk ten or twenty miles.'
Looby's face grew pale, and his nether lip began to tremble.
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