| 释义 |
Definition of scobe in English: scobe(also skobe) nounskəʊb Irish derogatory, informal An uncouth or aggressive person, typically a young man or boy, regarded as being of low social status. the blokes are all scobes in tracksuits Example sentencesExamples - Since they've made the road better, we've seen more scobes in town than we ever used to.
- Some of her children have been called "scobe", "skank" and "scrounger" at school.
- She looks at me like a skobe who's just sat next to her on the bus with a can of beer.
- I'm telling her that Liam's a total skobe.
- We used to run over and start shouting at him and he'd say, "Go away, scobes".
Origin 1950s: of uncertain origin; possibly short for scobe-gatherer, 'person gathering rods to bind thatch, menial worker', from Irish sgolb 'wattle'. |