"looby" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: loobies [plural]
Rhymes: -uːbi Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from lob (“a large piece, lump”) + -y. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{af|en|-y|id1=diminutive}} -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} looby (plural loobies)
  1. (now rare, dialect) A large and awkward or clumsy person; an oaf. Tags: archaic, dialectal Categories (topical): People

Inflected forms

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