scrabbly

[skrab-lee]

scrab·bly

[skrab-lee]
adjective, scrab·bli·er, scrab·bli·est.
1.
insignificantly small or sparse: scrabbly tufts of grass sprouting from the parched lawn.
2.
scratchy; raspy.

Origin:
1940–45; scrabble + -y1
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Scrabbly is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
WordNet
scrabbly

adjective
sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush; "open scrubby woods" 
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