slob

Example Sentences

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"Aren't there more important things we should be talking about than if I dress like a slob?"

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2023

He’s a lout, he’s a slob, he’s a mess — and he is enormously fine company on the page.

From New York Times • May 20, 2023

More recently, cartoonist Scott Adams satirized the attitude in a 1990s Dilbert comic strip that depicted office slob Wally taking an “in-cubicle sabbatical.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 12, 2022

I’m far from a slob but I’m definitely not like her.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2022

I might be a slob but I kept the yard looking tidy because Dad allowed me to drive our big garden tractor with a mower attachment on the back.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos