schlub

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MB: Is there a schlub-Jewish connection beyond the fact that 'schlub' is a Yiddish word?

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  • Jay Max was just another deluded schlub, but I couldn't dismiss him just yet, not with any chance that the rough ore of his life could be mined for fictive gold. —  EQMM,September-October2007
  • Important life lessons from everyone's favorite schlub, George Costanza. —  freshnews.org - most clicked links
  • Max Gross, by his own admission, used to be your average schlub: He sported an unkempt Jewfro, the bottoms of his jeans were tattered and he'd gamely put a good burger before a diet. —  Articles
  • My father also thinks Marion Barry is a schlub, because he got caught on film smoking crack. —  Articles
  • MB: Is there a schlub-Jewish connection beyond the fact that 'schlub' is a Yiddish word? —  Articles
 

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  1. Yiddish, from Polish żłób, trough, blockhead.
 

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