scab
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As cliches mount, the reader half expects the next phone call to be answered by old Scab Cooley.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scab is caused by a fungus that attacks the surface of the tubers.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
Scab Johnny had been too long operating on a cash basis with Messrs. Gibney and McGuffey to risk adding to an old unpaid bill.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon
When all was in readiness, Captain Scraggs incontinently "fired" his deckhand and engineer and inducted aboard a new crew, carefully selected for their filibuster virtues by Scab Johnny himself.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon
Scab and other diseases caused a large proportion of the fruit set to drop, and the remainder was unsalable in unsprayed orchards.
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