Yob

Definitions

1. A boy.
   obsolete
2. Initialism of year of birth.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang

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Examples

“And you bet⟳ that each gal, not to mention⟳ each yob, Didn't care how much ooftish it cost⟳ 'em per nob.”

“As we left the cemetery, I heard an elderly gravedigger muttering back slang to himself before Lucien's headstone. "Bloody shame, ain't it? Doubt⟳ the yob did much living by eighteen." I corrected the man, saying, “No fear, that yob did plenty of living.””

“Yes, it's holiday time again for British yobs – and the rest⟳ of us can flee⟳ to those parts of Abroad which the louts ignore⟳, or just cringe in shame at home.”

“But while doing 70mph on the A1, a hooded yob threw rock^([sic – meaning a rock]) from a grass verge onto the windscreen of the family’s Jeep, causing it to swerve.”

“Three local yobs have⟳ also joined, but they have⟳ not reckoned on a redoubtable Conductor and two local revenue protection officers who soon escort them off the train⟳!”

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