Scrubby

/ˈskɹʌbi/ · adjective

Meaning

Covered with or consisting of scrub..

Definitions by Sense

1. Covered with or consisting of scrub.
2. Inferior in size or quality.
3. Diminutive of scrubber: a small scrubber for light washing tasks.
4. (informal) a loofah.

Example Sentences

a scrubby landscape

scrubby crops

scrubby cattle

This sort of literary slop-work will not suffice for your walking in the roads of life to any good purpose. It is bad work. It is scrubby work.

Too little Potash in the fertilizer used produces a "scrubby" crop, just as a lack of sufficient grain fed to stock means a "scrubby" animal. Free: An illustrated book which tells what Potash is, how it should be used, and how much Potash a well-balanced fertilizer should contain, is sent free to all applicants. Send your address. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 92 Nassau St., New York.

The red clay of Oklahoma and the sands of the west Texas desert country produce scrubby crops, oil and football players. For the hardy, lean and tough people who inhabit this country, the crops are a last resort, oil a hopeful dream and football a religion.

dish scrubby

shower scrubby

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Word Forms

• scrubbier
• scrubbiest
• scrubbies
• scrubbie

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