scabby
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Their life together is tinged with the absence of Lily’s mother, who only occasionally appears, thin-armed and scabby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
"It was a busy weekend and there were a lot of people ready for a day out. There was me, absolutely stinking, wheeling this box and eating bits of scabby old sandwich."
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2023
“Also potatoes that resist bacterial scab. I’m sick and tired of getting scabby potatoes. The purple tomato — I would try that in a heartbeat.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
Scratching your bow and scratching your scabby elbows!
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 25, 2019
Just white scabby dust on the tops of their feet, and all of them with those dark black sores and scars.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Thus, they would call their dogs and their asses by his name, and the dogs would be the scabbiest in the streets, and the asses the laziest in the market.
From The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable by Caine, Hall, Sir
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