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scabby

adj
/ˈskæb.i/

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from scabby

Definitions

  1. Affected with scabs

    Affected with scabs; full of scabs.

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

  2. Diseased with the scab (mange)

    Diseased with the scab (mange): mangy.

  3. Having a blotched, uneven appearance.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell.

    2. Working against union policies, working to bust unions

      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.”

    3. stingy

      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!

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Derived

scabbily, scabbiness, scabby sheep

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for scabby. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA