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plural scrubbers
A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing. examples
A device that removes impurities from gases. examples
(historical) A machine for washing leather after the tanpit.
(Australia, New Zealand) An animal (especially cattle) that has broken away from the herd and established itself in the bush. examples
(Australia) Someone who lives in the bush; a wild person, someone only partly assimilated into society. quotations examples
‘He was a real scrubber that old feller,’ he confided gleefully. ‘No one never got a tag on him before this.’
2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 74
(Britain, slang) A prostitute or a slovenly woman. quotations
What did you think, it was happy ever after with a Woodlands Road scrubber in a seaside resort?
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 267
(Britain, slang) A dirty or unhygienic person.
(graphical user interface, audio, video) A horizontal bar allowing the user to set the playback position. examples