looby
an awkward person, especially one who is lazy or stupid; lout; lubber.
Origin of looby
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How to use looby in a sentence
Lowry looby, who has been appointed to a place and is asked how he is going on with it, replies, 'To lose it I did for a place.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceSome one, to be sure, may suggest "looby-looby," which has but to be named when all are ready and eager.
We saw boys and girls alternating, hand held in hand—and all to the undeniably secular libretto of "looby-Loo."
A Labrador Doctor | Wilfred Thomason GrenfellLowry looby says:—'It is equal to me whether I walk ten or twenty miles.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. Joycelooby's face grew pale, and his nether lip began to tremble.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, Complete | Tobias Smollett
British Dictionary definitions for looby
/ (ˈluːbɪ) /
a foolish or stupid person
Origin of looby
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