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To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a
wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of
cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate. |
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To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to
scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a
living. |
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One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. |
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Something small and mean. |
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A worn-out brush. |
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A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the
prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc. |
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One of the common live stock of a region of no particular
breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc. |
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Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby. |
