yob

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Think about it, if you confiscate my dog today because I'm a 'yob' with a 'yob-dog' then I'll have another dog in my hands by this evening - and what happens to my original dog?

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  • His solicitor Paul Cleasby said the yob - who had a string of previous convictions - was afraid that he could die in jail. —  Mirror.co.uk - News
  • We can profile the hoodies, the 'yobs', the 'yob-dogs' until the cows come home but it won't work. —  Dog Magazine dot net - Home of K9 Magazine
  • Think about it, if you confiscate my dog today because I'm a 'yob' with a 'yob-dog' then I'll have another dog in my hands by this evening - and what happens to my original dog? —  Dog Magazine dot net - Home of K9 Magazine
  • The results of the study reflect the emerging "Western phenomenon" of the female equivalent of the yob, according to an Australian expert. —  Daily News & Analysis
  • "There's also an emergence of the female equivalent of the male yob, or lad in the British sense," Vumbaca was quoted by —  Daily News & Analysis
 

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  1. Alteration of boy (spelled backward).
 

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