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scrub⋅ber

1  [skruhb-er]
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–noun
1. a person who scrubs.
2. a device or process for removing pollutants from smoke or gas produced by burning high-sulfur fuels.
3. a machine or appliance used in scrubbing: an automatic floor scrubber.
Origin:
1830–40; scrub 1 + -er 1
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scrub⋅ber

2  [skruhb-er]
–noun
1. a mongrel, esp. a mongrel steer.
2. a thin or stunted steer.
3. Australian.
a. an inhabitant of the bush.
b. any domestic animal that has run off into the bush and become wild, esp. a steer.
Origin:
1855–60; scrub 2 + -er 1

scrub⋅ber

3  [skruhb-er]
–noun British Slang.
a prostitute or promiscuous woman.
Origin:
1955–60; variously explained as sense development of either scrubber 1 or scrubber 2 ; cf. earlier scrub in same sense

scrub

2  [skruhb]
–noun
1. low trees or shrubs collectively.
2. a large area covered with low trees and shrubs, as the Australian bush.
3. a domestic animal of mixed or inferior breeding; mongrel.
4. a small or insignificant person.
5. anything undersized or inferior.
6. Sports. a player not belonging to the varsity or regular team; a player who is not first-string.
–adjective
7. small, undersized, or stunted.
8. inferior or insignificant.
9. abounding in or covered with low trees and shrubs: They rode through scrub country.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < Scand; cf. dial. Dan skrub brushwood; see shrub 1
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scrub·ber   (skrŭb'ər)   
n.  One that scrubs, especially:
a. One who cleans floors, for example, by scrubbing.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
scrub

  1. tv.
    to cancel something. : We had to scrub the whole plan because of the weather.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

scrub  (n.)
"brush, shrubs," 1398, "low, stunted tree," variant of shrobbe (see shrub), perhaps infl. by a Scand. word (cf. Dan. dial. skrub "a stunted tree, brushwood"). Collective sense is attested from 1805. Transferred sense of "mean, insignificant fellow" is from 1589; U.S. sports meaning "athlete not on the varsity team" is recorded from 1892.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2scrub
Function: noun
: an act or instance of scrubbing scrub>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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