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slobby, a.|ˈslɒbɪ|
[f. slob n.1 + -y.]
1. Muddy.
1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss., Slabby or slobby, muddy, sloppy. 1886Pall Mall G. 18 Feb. 5/1 There now only remained the geese, far up on the slobby ooze. 1897Butler Brit. Birds IV. 155 The grasses which grow on the slobby foreshores.
2. a. Sloppy, sentimental. b. Of or pertaining to a slob (slob n.1 3).
1913R. Brooke Let. 3 July (1968) 479, I had a bad fit of home-sickness this morning... I threw up quite a lot of slobby old memories. 1967Spectator 4 Aug. 131/1 To be honest, backbone isn't, as it were, at the forefront of my character. I am pretty slobby within. 1970W. Burroughs Jr. Speed (1971) v. 108 Vicki told me that I looked like a slobby bum. 1976W. Goldman Magic iii. ix. 181 She'd end up stranded some place maybe with..some slobby dummy. 1976New Yorker 9 Feb. 84/3 Peter Boyle's role is small, but..he does slobby wonders with his scenes as the gently thick Wizard. |