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How to pronounce yobbo in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobo
Type of aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker
Has types bullyboy, muscle, muscleman, plug-ugly, skin, skinhead, tough guy

Examples of yobbo

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Ronnie, mate, you're a complete yobbo.
From the newscientist.com
One of the women in the group of NZers in our row encountered sexually explicit and derogatory comments from the yobbo, loud-mouthed Australian behind us.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The BBC has become the home of any rent a quote political yobbo they can find to fill the space between the one or two decent programmes they have.
From the guardian.co.uk
So why have a hack like him on that alienates actually smart people, while doing nothing to attract yobbo listeners who might eat up his flimsy tidbits hollywood-esque gossip?
From the economist.com
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  • Bully: a cruel and brutal fellow
  • Yobbo or yob is a slang term for an uncouth or thuggish working-class person. The word derives from a back slang reading of the word "boy" (boy or boyo reversed becomes yob or -- slightly modified -- yobbo).
  • A yob
  • Unintelligent/crude person usually male
  • Loutish, surly youth.
  • An uncouth person; lout or hooligan; also represented as yob
  • Noun. Meaning the same as 'yob'.
  • Uncouth and aggressive person
  • Or yob - uncouth male. Also used in British English.