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  1. n. Yobbish behaviour.
  2. n. An instance of yobbish behaviour.

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  • “Her life ruined by gormless yobbery. on April 15, 2010 at 8: 24 pm Agent Zig Zag”

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  • “Once a news crew came to the local market town to shoot a short piece about small-town yobbery.”

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  • “Vandalism, public order yobbery and such like - all named and shamed.”

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  • “Throw in a culture that celebrates, or at least does not condemn, yobbery and violence plus the decline of manual labour and lack of outlets for youngsters who are not academically gifted, and you have quite a toxic mix.”

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  • “By the time I got there in the second half of the twentieth century, Coopers was a bizarre battleground; a freakish blend of public school-style tradition and modern yobbery.”

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  • “He was committed -- spoke of “when” not “if” he becomes mayor – and ticked all the right boxes: the need to make first homes cheaper, to investigate the congestion charge, to champion civility, tackle yobbery and replace the murderous bendy-bus with a “route-master for the 21st century”.”

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  • “An extraordinary attack on a candidate purely because of youth from a party advocating voting, candidacy, porn acting, freeform yobbery and unfettered drinking for 16 year olds.”

    Archive 2007-04-22

  • “The Queen's speech, says Blair, will be dominated by the Home Office - new laws on terrorism, crime, yobbery, immigration, you name it.”

    Archive 2006-11-01

  • “But this was not mindless yobbery; it was "civil unrest" and could therefore be seen in class terms.”

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  • “Gordon Brown defended the controversial DNA database and plans to extend CCTV today as he put the fear of crime and yobbery at the heart of the election campaign.”

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‘yobbery’ has been looked up 158 times, and has a Scrabble score of 17.