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Meaning of looby | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A large and awkward or clumsy person; an oaf.
    archaic, dialectal
  2. A surname from Irish.

Examples

“‘Depend upon it, Sir, a savage, when he is hungry, will not carry about with him a looby of nine years old, who cannot help himself.’”
“Thus while I tell the truth about loobies, my reader's imagination need not be entirely excluded from an occupation with lords […].”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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