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# {{lb|en|slang}} A [[foolish]] or [[contemptible]] person, especially male.
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# {{rfv-sense|en}}{{lb|en|slang}} A [[pervert]].
#* {{quote-av|en|year=2007|author=w:Arctic Monkeys|title=D Is for Dangerous|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w6WlfdPSms|text="He knew what he wanted to say / but he didn't know how to word it / The dirty little '''herbert''' was seeking an escape"}}
#* {{quote-web|1=en|date=2012-02-24|author=Rosanna Greenstreet|site=w:Guardian Online|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/feb/24/paddy-considine-actor-director|title=The Q&A Paddy Considine|passage=She got home two hours late and her dad (now my father-in-law) thought I was some dirty '''herbert''' corrupting his daughter, but we were in love.|accessdate=8 June 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009210443/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/feb/24/paddy-considine-actor-director|archivedate=9 October 2015}}
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