- informal a slovenly, unattractive, and lazy person
- Irish mire
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slob
(slob),USA pronunciation n.
- a slovenly or boorish person.
- British Terms[Irish Eng.]mud or ooze, esp. a stretch of mud along a shore.
- British Terms[Chiefly Canadian.]sludge (def. 5).
- Irish slab(a) mud, mire
- 1770–80
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slob /slɒb/ n
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