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Word: slobs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...satisfactory conclusion. As has already been demonstrated on the screen (Little Miss Marker, Lady for a Day), the more involved a Runyon character is written, the harder it is to act. Actor Harrington seems to interpret Marco not so much as a droll picaroon but as a bumbling slob. But as Mike, Actor Sweeney is a soft-spoken Runyon killer of the first order. If A Slight Case of Murder outlasts Three Men on a Horse, its aging kinsman in the theatre next door, it will be due largely to Mr. Sweeney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Play in Manhattan: Sep. 23, 1935 | 9/23/1935 | See Source »

...Warren Gamaliel Harding was "just a slob...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Princess Alice | 11/6/1933 | See Source »

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