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schlub

Pronunciation: /ʃlʌb/

(also shlub)
Definition of schlub

noun

North American informal
  • a talentless, unattractive, or boorish person: it’s brave on her part—a glamour girl playing a schlub

Origin:

1960s: Yiddish shlub, perhaps from Polish żłób

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