It wasn’t sufficient for Mother to use the rolling pin on that hapless brother of mine; she’d also call him Zlob, or Cham, another Polish term for an awkward peasant, something that a son of a nice Jewish family should never be.
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Schlub
//ʃlʌb//
Synonyms for "schlub" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (3)
Noun(3 words)
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4 entriesTranslations
11 translations across 6 languages.
Esperanto
4 entries- bruto noun (person who is clumsy, oafish, socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt)
- krudulo noun (person who is clumsy, oafish, socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt)
- maldelikatulo noun (person who is clumsy, oafish, socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt)
- ŝtipkapulo noun (person who is clumsy, oafish, socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt)
Finnish
2 entries- tollo noun (person who is clumsy, oafish, socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt)
- tomppeli noun (person who is clumsy, oafish, socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt)
French
1 entries- plouc noun (person who is clumsy, oafish, socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt)
Polish
1 entries- niechluj noun (person who is clumsy, oafish, socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt)
Russian
2 entries- жлоб noun (person who is clumsy, oafish, socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt)
- лох noun (person who is clumsy, oafish, socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt)
Yiddish
1 entries- זשלאָב noun (person who is clumsy, oafish, socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
“Do you want me to go in for a quick snoop and poop?” “No. You cannot go. They will sense you. No, we need a mortal. A human. A common schlub. A nobody. Someone whose personality is like a eunuch. Do you know?” “Okay, I'm gonna go. I'll go. All right? I'll go.”
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After the success of the film Jaws in 1975, two schlubs went around the United States pretending to be director Steven Spielberg and lead actor Richard Dreyfuss.
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