scabby
Example Sentences
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Some days were clean, and then some days he was scabby and flaking.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025
"My daughter has a rash across her leg, which is scabby and itchy, and my eldest has anxiety and worries constantly about the mould."
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2024
“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
She wishes I didn’t have scabby knees from running around kicking canisters and falling down pretending I was the greatest footballer in the world.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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