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shlubby

shlubby is the alternative form of schlubby.

Meaning of schlubby

Adjective

schlubby (comparative schlubbier or more schlubby, superlative schlubbiest or most schlubby)

  1. (Jewish, New-York-City, informal, slang) Clumsy, oafish, or socially awkward; unattractive or unkempt.
    • It's a wasted review copy, sending “schlubby” nonfiction to Eliot Fremont-Smith at New York magazine or a book by William Buckley to Rolling Stone […]1974, Genevieve Stuttaford, “A Short Review of the Magazine Reviewers”, in Publishers Weekly, volume 206, number 19, New York, N.Y.: F[rederick] Leypoldt, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38, column 1

Forms of shlubby

comparativeshlubbier
comparativemore shlubby
superlativeshlubbiest
superlativemost shlubby

Questions about shlubby

What is shlubby the alternative form of?
Shlubby is the alternative form of schlubby.

Words near shlubby in the dictionary

  1. shlub
  2. shlubb
  3. shlubbier
  4. shlubbiest
  5. shlubbs
  6. shlubby
  7. shlubs
  8. shluchim
  9. Shluh
  10. shlump
  11. shlumped

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