scabby
Pronunciation: /ˈskæb.i/
The English word “scabby” has 6 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
- Diseased with the scab (mange): mangy.
- Having a blotched, uneven appearance.
- Injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell.
- Working against union policies, working to bust unions; in particular, being a scab (worker who crosses a union picket line).
- stingy; scrounging.
Etymology
From Middle English scabby, scabbie, equivalent to scab + -y. Doublet of shabby.
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