zhlub

  • 1zhlub — n American an alternative form of slob …

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  • 2zhlub — Go to schlub …

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  • 3zhlob — /zhlawb, zhlub/, n. Slang. a clumsy, stupid person. Also, zhlub, schlub. [ < Yiddish zhlob, zhlub yokel, boor < Pol zlób (gen. zloba) blockhead, lit., trough, manger, c. Czech zlab, Russ zhëlob gutter, channel] * * * …

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  • 4zhlob — /zhlawb, zhlub/, n. Slang. a clumsy, stupid person. Also, zhlub, schlub. [ &LT; Yiddish zhlob, zhlub yokel, boor &LT; Pol zlób (gen. zloba) blockhead, lit., trough, manger, c. Czech zlab, Russ zhëlob gutter, channel] …

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  • 5schlub — AND zhlub [Jlab OR 3lab] n. a dull, unpolished person, usually a male. (Yiddish.) □ I spent the whole evening listening to that schlub from New Hampshire. □ Hank’s no zhlub. He’s just eccentric …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 6schlub — also shlub noun Etymology: Yiddish zhlob, zhlub yokel, boor Date: 1950 slang a stupid, worthless, or unattractive person …

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  • 7жлоб — сущ. Первоначально это выражение было синонимом термина «работяга». «Жлоб» искажённое английское слово «job», в переводе работа. Во времена строительства Одесского порта лучшими специалистами в этой отрасли народного хозяйства считались подданные …

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  • 8slob — n a coarse, slovenly and/or lazy individual. This word had existed for many years in Anglo Irish speech where it denoted a fat, slow child (probably from slab, Irish Gaelic for mud). Coincidentally a simi lar word, apparently of Slavonic origin&#8230; …

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  • 9shlub — ˈshləb noun ( s) Etymology: Yiddish zhlob, zhlub yokel, boor, from Polish żlób blockhead, literally, crib, trough; akin to Serbo Croatian žlijeb gutter, trough, Russian zhëlob : schlemiel a sleazy, sad shlub …

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