adjective
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pathol having an area of the skin covered with scabs
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obsolete pathol having scabies
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informal despicable
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Etymology
Origin of scabby
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Example Sentences
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Flash said Scabby can inflate in about a minute and a half with a generator and deflate in about 30 seconds.
From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023
Yet — much like the currently surging rat population in New York — Scabby is unlikely to completely disappear anytime soon, as long as the rat keeps conveying his message of fair pay for workers.
From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023
These days, Scabby also has to contend with new technology and social media.
From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023
That’s partly because Scabby is a product of the building trades, where the rat has long been associated with “scabs,” or people who cross a picket line during a strike to continue working.
From The Verge • May 13, 2021
Seeing the calabash filled with fish the oldest of the four, Caracaracol, the Scabby, lifted it down, and all commenced to eat.
From The Arawack Language of Guiana in its Linguistic and Ethnological Relations by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
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