Meanings
nounhoblob (plural hoblobs)
plural hoblobs
- obsoletea rustic, boorish person; yokel
[…] and thence ſprouteth that obſcene appellation of Sarding ſandes, with the draffe of the carterly Hoblobs thereabouts, concoct or diſgeaſt for a ſcripture, verity, when the right chriſtendome of it, is Cerdicke ſands, or Cerdick ſhore, […]
1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, pages 8–9
Origin
From hob (“yokel”) + lob (“yokel”).
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hoblob. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoblob
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoblob,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoblob.
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