slob


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
slob/slɒb/
noun
  • 1 Brit. informal a lazy and slovenly person.
  • 2 Irish muddy land.
verb Brit. informal behave in a lazy and slovenly manner.
– derivatives
slobbish adjective,
slobbishness noun,
slobby adjective.
– origin C18: from Ir. slab ‘mud’, from Anglo-Ir. slab ‘ooze, sludge’, prob. of Scand. origin.
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