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slob

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–noun
1. a slovenly or boorish person.
2. Irish English. mud or ooze, esp. a stretch of mud along a shore.
3. Chiefly Canadian. sludge (def. 5).
Origin:
1770–80; < Ir slab(a) mud, mire
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slob   (slŏb)   
n.   Informal
A person regarded as slovenly, crude, or obnoxious.

[Irish Gaelic slab, mud, from Old Irish, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialectal slabb, mud.]
slob'bish, slob'by adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
slob [slɑb]

  1. n.
    a rude, fat, and unpleasant person. : What a slob! Comb your hair, if you can get a comb through it!
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

slob 
1780, "mud, muddy land," from Ir. slab "mud," itself probably borrowed from Eng. slab "muddy place" (1610), from a Scand. source (cf. Icelandic slabb "sludge"). The meaning "untidy person" is first recorded 1861.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

SLOB

See secured lease obligation bond.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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