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Definition for SCRUB
SCROYLE
SCRUB
SCRUB
, n.
A mean fellow; one that labors hard and lives meanly.
Something small and mean. No little scrub joint shall come on my board. – Swift.
A worn out brash. – Ainsworth.
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