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schlump

also shlump  (shlŭmp)
n. Slang
1. A person who is neither neat nor stylish; a rumpled or dowdy person.
2. A person who is somewhat fat and unfit.
[Yiddish shlump; akin to German schlumpen, to hang loose, and English slump.]
schlump′y, shlump′y adj.
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schlump

(ʃlʊmp)
n
a lazy or dull person
vb (tr)
to move in lazy way
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