scrubber
1a person who scrubs.
a device or process for removing pollutants from smoke or gas produced by burning high-sulfur fuels.
a machine or appliance used in scrubbing: an automatic floor scrubber.
Origin of scrubber
1Other definitions for scrubber (2 of 3)
a mongrel, especially a mongrel steer.
a thin or stunted steer.
Australian.
an inhabitant of the bush.
any domestic animal that has run off into the bush and become wild, especially a steer.
Origin of scrubber
2Other definitions for scrubber (3 of 3)
a prostitute or promiscuous woman.
Origin of scrubber
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How to use scrubber in a sentence
Within the houses scourers and scrubbers are cleaning, dusting and white-washing.
Rabbi and Priest | Milton GoldsmithAt the end of a week it was found that nobody had time to scrub the floors; so scrubbers had to be hired.
Next to the question of cooks the most urgent issue to be settled was the case of the scrubbers, cleaners, and drainmen.
Comrades | Thomas DixonHer name was Mirren, and her size, as reported by her husband, was "near-aboots as big as twa scrubbers."
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City | S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) CrockettThey agitate the metalliferous material with wooden scrubbers and wash it in a similar way.
De Re Metallica | Georgius Agricola
British Dictionary definitions for scrubber (1 of 2)
/ (ˈskrʌbə) /
a person or thing that scrubs
an apparatus for purifying a gas
British and Australian derogatory, slang a promiscuous woman
British Dictionary definitions for scrubber (2 of 2)
/ (ˈskrʌbə) /
Australian a domestic animal, esp a bullock, that has run wild in the bush
Origin of scrubber
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