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n. - A cruel and brutal fellow.

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  • Back in March Chris lost his job and just started his new job (or "yob" as the Latinos say) yesterday.
  • As I said in my blog at ToryBoy.org I am not fluent in "yob" thus most of the shouting made little sense to me!
  • It showed a man being harassed at his front door by a "yob"
  • Once piece goes with "yob" in the headline, followed by "louts" in the intro and
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