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slob

(slŏb)

n. Informal

A person regarded as slovenly, crude, or obnoxious.

[Irish Gaelic slab, mud, from Old Irish, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialectal slabb, mud.]

slob′bish, slob′by adj.

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slob

(slɒb)

1. informal a slovenly, unattractive, and lazy person

2. Irish mire

to behave like a slob

[C19: from Irish slab mud; compare slab]

ˈslobbish adj

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slob

(slɒb)

n.

a slovenly or boorish person.

[1770–80; < Irish slab(a) mud, mire]

slob′by, adj. -bi•er, -bi•est.

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Noun

slob - a coarse obnoxious person

sloven, slovenly person, pig

litter lout, litterbug, litterer - a person who litters public places with refuse

slovenly woman, trollop, slattern - a dirty untidy woman

vulgarian - a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth)

slob

noun (Informal) layabout, lounger, loafer, couch potato (slang), idler, good-for-nothing My boyfriend used to call me a fat slob.

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Translations

lambin

balordo donnaccia sciattone

грязнуля замарашка неумойка

slob

[slɒb] N → vago/a m/f, dejado/a m/f

slob out VI + ADV → holgazanear, zanganear, haraganear

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slob

[ˈslɒb] n → bon(ne) m/f à rien
a lazy slob → un flemmard

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

slob

n (inf) → Drecksau f (inf)

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slob

[slɒb] n (fam) → sciattone/a

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"Gawd blime me if you ayn't a slob. Wot 're you good for anyw'y, I'd like to know?

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"Not so as any slob can testify before a court to havin' seen me." Then, with a quick shift, he changed the subject.

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As you might expect, there's no shortage of advice out there from people who hate the clutter and from those who assume that the slob is lazy, disorganized or both.

A worker's untidy desk becomes topic of gossip in an open office

She was with Camilla during their formative years and Jayne recalled her describing the duchess as a "total slob," (as quoted by (https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1044608/Camilla-Parker-Bowles-slob-royal-news-spt) Express ).

Camilla Parker-Bowles A 'Total Slob,' Ex-Roommate Says In Tell-All Book

Bishop of Chelmsford, Stephen Cottrell's advice for people, "Nurture your inner slob," reports the Daily Express.

UK bishop suggests 'bring out our inner slob this Christmas'

If you're more of a slob than a domestic goddess, you need howtocleaneverything.com.

WEB LIFE April 25

If a man dresses as a slob, plays football, works as an auto mechanic, and is in love with a man, is he not gay?

Acting out

This slob fastplant at Del Mar came on the 26th wall of his line.

Thrasher twenty five years

How do they negotiate the tensions of "doing what needs to be done in and around the home", or having their mothers do it for them, or being a slob with their feminist identity?

Feminist identities

Trouble is, I don't fancy him anymore because he has grown into a fat slob. How can I nag him to slim down without making him feel that I'm going off him totally?

MERCURY 2: YOUR LIFE: ASK ANNA : FAT SLOB IS A TURN-OFF

This ordinary guy went there to walk himself, but finished up jogging back and forth all day collecting the dozens of beer cans and litter scattered about by slob visitors.