hoblob

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English

Etymology

From hob (yokel) +‎ lob (yokel).

Noun

hoblob (plural hoblobs)

  1. (obsolete) a rustic, boorish person; yokel
    • 1599, Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, , London: ">…] for N L and C B , →OCLC, pages 8–9:
      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,