Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrab
Literary usage of Scrab
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of the Parnell Commission by John Macdonald (1890)
"And " scrab " delivered his speeches—or some of them at any rate—when the ...
So much for " scrab "—whom The Times has immortalized. which it appeared that ..."
2. Report of the Trial of the Queen: At the Prosecution of the Rt. Hon. the by Charles Stewart Parnell, Ireland Court of King's Bench (1881)
"scrab " Nally ?—I cannot tell ; I believe that was the way he was called. ...
scrab would not be insulted with a half-one : he never went in for half-ones ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"scrab, ». 1. A crab, Pomum sylvestre; ... Anything stunted, knarled, or shrivelled ;
as, a scrab o* a -tree, (ie, a stunted tree), ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language: Abridged from the American Dictionary by Noah Webster (1833)
"scrab'-ble, ». (. or i to scrape, to make crooked marks. Sf owl'-ing-ly, ...
scrab'-bier, n. one who scrabble«. scrab'-bling, ppr, marking with irregular ..."
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