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herberts

herberts is the plural of herbert.

Meaning of herbert

Noun

herbert (plural herberts)

  1. (slang, punk subculture) A working-class youth, especially male.
    • It was the Ulster Annual Jamboree. For weeks past, hundreds of spotty-faced herberts, with yodelling voices and chin fuzz, had tied three million knots, started ten thousand twig fires, and completed six hundred leaf fires; perfect training for round about 3000BC but bloody useless in the twentieth...1963, Spike Milligan, Puckoon
  2. (slang) A foolish or contemptible person, especially male.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:herbert.

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Questions about herberts

What is herberts the plural of?
Herberts is the plural of herbert.

Words near herberts in the dictionary

  1. Herbergers
  2. Herbermann
  3. herbers
  4. herbert
  5. Herbertarianism
  6. herberts
  7. herbertsmithite
  8. Herbertson
  9. herbes de Provence
  10. herbescent
  11. Herbest

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