zhlob

zhlob
/zhlawb, zhlub/, n. Slang.
a clumsy, stupid person.
Also, zhlub, schlub.
[ < Yiddish zhlob, zhlub yokel, boor < Pol zlób (gen. zloba) blockhead, lit., trough, manger, c. Czech zlab, Russ zhëlob gutter, channel]

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