scab
Other forms: scabs; scabbed; scabbing
Kids who fall and skin their knees know what a scab is: it's the crusty patch of skin that forms when a scrape or cut is healing.
A wound will form a scab as it heals, whether it's a cut or a burn. Skin has an amazing ability to repair itself, and a scab is evidence of this. Scab is also a slang term for someone who crosses a picket line during a strike, choosing to work instead of joining coworkers in protesting low wages or harsh treatment by an employer. This kind of scab first meant "unpleasant person" in the late 1500s.
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the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesiontypes:eschara dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skintype of:solid body substancethe solid parts of the body
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form a scab“the wounds will eventually scab”type of:healget healthy again
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someone who works (or provides workers) during a strikesynonyms: blackleg, rat, strikebreakertype of:workera person who works at a specific occupation
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take the place of work of someone on strike
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