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n. Slang
A person regarded as clumsy, stupid, or unattractive.

[Yiddish, from Polish ż̢ób, trough, blockhead.]


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(shlub)

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A clumsy oaf.

Etymology
From Yiddish, from Polish zhlob (blockhead, trough, manger)

Spelling variants: zhlub, zhlob.

Usage
"This is ... the comedy of the schlub on the barstool who wonders when it all went wrong." — Allan Brown; The Joke's Wearing a Bit Thin; The Sunday Times (London, UK); Jun 18, 2006.


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(Yiddish)  (also shlub) a worthless person, a jerk, an oaf
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and zhlub n. a dull, unpolished person, usually a male. (Yiddish.)  I spent the whole evening listening to that schlub from New Hampshire.

 
 
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