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scabby

[skab-ee] / ˈskæb i /




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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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