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[yob]
noun British Slang.
a teenage lout or hooligan.

Origin:
1855–60; a consciously reversed form of boy

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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y.o.b.

year of birth.
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yob or yobbo (jɒb, ˈjɒbəʊ)
 
n , pl yobs, yobbos
slang (Brit) an aggressive and surly youth, esp a teenager
 
[C19: perhaps back slang for boy]
 
yobbo or yobbo
 
n
 
[C19: perhaps back slang for boy]

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yob
"a youth," 1859, back-slang from boy.
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YOB
year of birth
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