yobbo
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One prince is an "absolute true-blue legend" whose vibrant eyes "blazed like a bushfire" while another is a "bit of a yobbo" who thinks others are "carrying on like a pack of galahs".
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
“Park running isn’t going to attract any yobbos, is it? We have a nice cup of tea and a cake afterwards, and that’s all part of it,” he says.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 15, 2018
I can throw that on and hang out in front of a bush and look pulled together and chic in comparison to all the yobbos in baseball caps sitting behind me.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2013
The Ingle gym in Sheffield used to be sent the yobbos and wastrels that social services could not handle.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 3, 2013
On one side is "the great community of the mugs," also known as yobbos, taxpayers and sordids.
From Time Magazine Archive
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