zhlub

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zhlub

 (zhlŭb)
n.
Variant of schlub.
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A Jew could be a shlemiel, a shlemazl, a shmo, a shmegegge, a shlepper, a shnorrer, a shtarker, a zhlub, a nudnik, a gonef, or a shmuck.
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Our farpotshkets, zaftigs, zhlubs, and shlumperdiks.
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