scrubbed

[ skruhb-id ]
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adjectiveArchaic.
  1. stunted; scrubby.

Origin of scrubbed

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; scrub2 + -ed3

Other words from scrubbed

  • un·scrubbed, adjective
  • well-scrubbed, adjective

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How to use scrubbed in a sentence

  • The heedless Billy Magee, however, was already moving across the unscrubbed floor with chivalrous intention.

    Seven Keys to Baldpate | Earl Derr Biggers
  • As far as he, inexperienced man, could tell, Baker's was a singularly draughty and unscrubbed place.

  • One might have considered the middle house with the two, for its step was unscrubbed, and it presented unwashed windows.

    The Sleuth of St. James's Square | Melville Davisson Post
  • The floor was bare and unscrubbed, and littered with frowsy-looking wooden cuspidors filled with cinders.

    The Heart of Unaga | Ridgwell Cullum
  • Ill-kempt women stood idly about the doorways, or sat upon unscrubbed steps with dirty babies in their arms.