scabby
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 6
/ˈskæb.i/
Definition of scabby
6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
“Her wrizled skin, as rough as maple rind, So scabby was, that would have loath'd all womankind.”
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adj
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Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
“Her wrizled skin, as rough as maple rind, So scabby was, that would have loath'd all womankind.”
- Diseased with the scab (mange): mangy.
- Having a blotched, uneven appearance.
- Injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell.
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Working against union policies, working to bust unions; in particular, being a scab (worker who crosses a union picket line).
“The police, the governor, and the "scabby" Hearst Examiner "received a tremendous razzing," according to the Waterfront Worker, while all along the line of march "the workers on the sidelines cheered[…]"”
“[They're a] scabby right-to-work company and they don't care how much the sharp edges on that dust screw up a guy's lungs.”
“Hoochie's dad said, “All eight drivers are former 'scabby' employees who couldn't get hired by any reputable union trucking companies.””
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(Ireland, UK, slang)stingy; scrounging.
“The chipper was a bit scabby on the vinegar today.”
“I lent you a fiver last week and you still haven’t paid me back, you scabby bastard!”
“You never bring you’re own pen but always ask to borrow mine, you scabby git!”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English scabby, scabbie, equivalent to scab + -y. Doublet of shabby.
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