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schlubs

schlubs is the plural of schlub.

Meaning of schlub

Noun

schlub (plural schlubs)

  1. (Jewish, New-York-City, derogatory, informal, slang) A person who is clumsy, oafish, socially awkward, unattractive or unkempt.
    • It wasn’t sufficient for Mother to use the rolling pin on that hapless brother of mine; she’d also call him Zlob, or Cham, another Polish term for an awkward peasant, something that a son of a nice Jewish family should never be.2000, Frank Stiffel, The Oxymoron Factor – Franek: Stranger in My Land, Viking, →ISBN

Questions about schlubs

What is schlubs the plural of?
Schlubs is the plural of schlub.

Words near schlubs in the dictionary

  1. schlub
  2. schlubbier
  3. schlubbiest
  4. schlubbiness
  5. schlubby
  6. schlubs
  7. Schlueter
  8. Schlueters
  9. schlumbergera
  10. schlumbergeras
  11. schlump

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