scobe
/skəʊb
/(also skobe)
noun Irish informal, derogatory
An uncouth or aggressive person, typically a young man or boy, regarded as being of low social status: the blokes are all scobes in tracksuits...
- Some of her children have been called "scobe", "skank" and "scrounger" at school.
- We used to run over and start shouting at him and he'd say, "Go away, scobes".
- I'm telling her that Liam's a total skobe.
Origin
1950s: of uncertain origin; possibly short for scobe-gatherer, 'person gathering rods to bind thatch, menial worker', from Irish sgolb 'wattle'.