Usually means: Rowdy, disruptive youths; often unruly.
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  1. yobs: Merriam-Webster
  2. yobs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. yobs: Vocabulary.com
  4. Yob's, Yobs, yobs: Wordnik
  5. yobs: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. yobs: Wiktionary
  7. yobs: Dictionary.com
  8. The Yobs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. YOBS: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. YOBS: Acronym Finder

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  1. yobs: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (YOB)

noun:  (obsolete, costermongers, back slang) A boy.
noun:  (derogatory, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness.
noun:  Initialism of year of birth.
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