zobhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zob_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezob, n.
First published 1986; not fully revised

zobnoun

U.S. slang. rare.
  1. 1911–
    A weak or contemptible person; a fool.
    1. 1911
      He came here in the early Spring with all the try-out mob Striving to bat like Wagner and to slide (spikes first) like Cobb. Some of the vets cried, ‘Bonehead!’ Others remarked, ‘Poor zob!’
      W. F. Kirk, Right off Bat 13
    2. 1920
      And the same thing goes for that crowd of crabs and snobs Down East, and next time you hear some zob from Yahooville-on-the-Hudson chewing the rag..you tell him that no..Westerner would have New York for a gift!
      S. Lewis, Main Street xxxv. 416
    3. 1922
      I don't know how you fellows feel about prohibition, but the way it strikes me is that it's a mighty beneficial thing for the poor zob that hasn't got any will~power but for fellows like us, it's an infringement of personal liberty.
      S. Lewis, Babbitt x. 140
    4. 1942
      Terms of disparagement..yaphead, yazzihamper, zob.
      L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark, American Thesaurus of Slang §396

zob, n. was first published in 1986; not fully revised.

zob, n. was last modified in December 2024.