slob

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noun
  1. a slovenly or boorish person.

  2. Irish English. mud or ooze, especially a stretch of mud along a shore.

  1. Chiefly Canadian. sludge (def. 5).

Origin of slob

1
1770–80; <Irish slab(a) mud, mire

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British Dictionary definitions for slob

slob

/ (slɒb) /


noun
  1. informal a slovenly, unattractive, and lazy person

  2. Irish mire

Origin of slob

1
C19: from Irish slab mud; compare slab

Derived forms of slob

  • slobbish, adjective

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