As we left the cemetary, I heard an elderly gravedigger muttering back slang to himself before Luciens headstone. "Bloody shame, aint it? Doubt the yob did much living by eighteen."I corrected the man, saying, “No fear, that yob did plenty of living.”
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Yob — may refer to:* Yobbo (also Yob), slang term for an uncouth blue collar individual or thug * Yob (band), a doom metal band from Eugene, Oregon * Yob (song) a song by Australian band TISM * Yob (artist), Chicago based stencil artist … Wikipedia
yob — UK [jɒb] / US [jɑb] or yobbo UK [ˈjɒbəʊ] / US [ˈjɑboʊ] noun [countable] Word forms yob : singular yob plural yobs British informal someone, especially a young person, who is rude, noisy, and sometimes violent … English dictionary
yob — [jɔb US ja:b] n also yob|bo [ˈjɔbəu US ˈja:bou] BrE [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Backward spelling of boy] a rude, noisy, and sometimes violent young man = ↑lout ▪ drunken yobbos … Dictionary of contemporary English
yob — [ jab ] or yob|bo [ jabou ] noun count BRITISH INFORMAL someone, especially a young person, who is rude, noisy, and sometimes violent: LOUT … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
yob — yob; yob·bo; … English syllables
yob — /yob/, n. Brit. Slang. a teenage lout or hooligan. [1855 60; a consciously reversed form of BOY] * * * … Universalium
yob — a youth, 1859, back slang from BOY (Cf. boy) … Etymology dictionary
yob — ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ a rude and loutish young man. DERIVATIVES yobbery noun yobbish adjective. ORIGIN from BOY(Cf. ↑boyish) (spelt backwards) … English terms dictionary
yob — [yä′bōyäb] n. [inversion of BOY] [Brit. Slang] a hoodlum or lout: also yobbo [yä′bō] … English World dictionary
yob — also yob.bo noun (C) BrE 1 a rude, noisy, sometimes violent, young man 2 yob culture/uniform/element etc behaviour, clothes etc connected with yobs yobbery noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
