"loob" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-loob.ogg [Australia] Forms: loobs [plural]
Etymology: From Cornish lūb (“slime, sludge”), or from lubricant? Etymology templates: {{der|en|kw|lūb|t=slime, sludge}} Cornish lūb (“slime, sludge”), {{m|en|lubricant}} lubricant Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} loob (countable and uncountable, plural loobs)
  1. (mining, dialect) the clay or slime washed from tin ore in dressing Tags: countable, dialectal, uncountable Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-loob-en-noun-pfmgXLD4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: business, mining
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: En-au-loob.ogg [Australia] Forms: loobs [plural]
Etymology: Phonetic respelling of the first syllable of lubricant. Etymology templates: {{m|en|lubricant}} lubricant Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} loob (countable and uncountable, plural loobs)
  1. (slang) lubricant, especially social lubricant Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-loob-en-noun-T9fWwfkB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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