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schlub

  [shluhb]
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–noun
zhlob.

zhlob

  [zhlawb, zhluhb]
–noun Slang.
a clumsy, stupid person.
Also, zhlub, schlub, shlub.

Origin:
< Yiddish zhlob, zhlub yokel, boor < Pol żłób (gen. żłoba) blockhead, lit., trough, manger, c. Czech žlab, Russ zhëlob gutter, channel
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schlub also shlub   (shlŭb)   
n.   Slang
A person regarded as clumsy, stupid, or unattractive.

[Yiddish, from Polish żłób, trough, blockhead.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
schlub [ʃləb] or [ʒləb]

and zhlub
  1. n.
    a dull, unpolished person, usually a male. (Yiddish.) : I spent the whole evening listening to that schlub from New Hampshire.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

schlub 
"worthless oaf," 1964, from Yiddish, perhaps from Pol. zlob "blockhead."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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