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What is a yob?

What is a yob? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (obsolete, costermongers) A boy.
  2. (pejorative) A person who engages in antisocial behaviour and/or drunkenness.
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A DRUNKEN yob faces jail for drop-kicking his girlfriend's pet hamster like a rugby ball in the street.
Bote he is dem young faller bane goin' 'round hare dees two, t'ree days, lukin' lak preacher out of a yob.
Albert said the yob pulled in front of his car and leapt out, screaming abuse as he brandished the claw hammer.
A brave community who stood up to an abusive yob have won justice and an anti-social behaviour order to keep him under control.
Almost one in five businesses were affected by yob culture last year, at an average cost of just over pounds 20,000 for each affected business.
A TEENAGE yob who terrorised his neighbourhood has been banned from its streets and businesses.

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