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scabby

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈskæb.i/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abbcsyStarts with SEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. covered with scabs

Word origin

From Middle English scabby, scabbie, equivalent to scab + -y. Doublet of shabby.

Used in a sentence

  • Her wrizled skin, as rough as maple rind, So scabby was, that would have loath'd all womankind.
  • 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.

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