slob

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\ ˈsläb

Definition of slob

1 : a slovenly or boorish person

2 : an ordinary person just some poor slob

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sloven

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Examples of slob in a Sentence

Some poor slob got robbed. a slob of a professor whose office was littered with a decade's worth of notes and student papers

Recent Examples on the Web The apparently irresistible rise of the slob is hardly our most important problem. — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 8 Jan. 2022 An exhibitionist and slob, who brought strange men to the house. — New York Times, 22 Oct. 2021 In the spot, Mayfield is a semi slob and has an annoying habit of singing the Oklahoma fight song in his sleep. — Bob Mcmanaman, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2021 Annie Murphy plays Allison McRoberts, a standard-issue sitcom wife living a multi-cam sitcom life in Worcester, Massachusetts, with her dopey slob of a husband, Kevin (Eric Petersen). — The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021 Annie Murphy plays Allison McRoberts, a standard-issue sitcom wife living a multi-cam sitcom life in Worcester, Massachusetts, with her dopey slob of a husband, Kevin (Eric Petersen). — The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021 Annie Murphy plays Allison McRoberts, a standard-issue sitcom wife living a multi-cam sitcom life in Worcester, Massachusetts, with her dopey slob of a husband, Kevin (Eric Petersen). — The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021 Annie Murphy plays Allison McRoberts, a standard-issue sitcom wife living a multi-cam sitcom life in Worcester, Massachusetts, with her dopey slob of a husband, Kevin (Eric Petersen). — The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021 This vainest of Falstaffs is a genuine slob whom Boritt houses in a shabby bachelor pad wallpapered in purple zebra stripes. — Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2021 See More

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