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Scrubber   /skrˈəbər/   Listen
noun
Scrubber  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush or machine used in scrubbing.
2.
(Gas Manuf.) A gas washer. See under Gas.
3.
(Manufacturing) A device for removing pollutants from a gas stream, especially for removing sulfur oxides from processes burning coal or oil.


Scrubber  n.  
1.
A stunted or emaciated steer.
2.
A person who lives in the bush. (Australian)
3.
A domesticated animal which has escaped and lives wild in the bush. (Australian)





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"Scrubber" Quotes from Famous Books



... Swede who wore white kid shoes in the afternoon and gray dresses and cob-web aprons. The sight of the neat Swede sitting in her room at two-thirty in the afternoon, tatting, never failed to fill Ma Mandle with a dumb fury. Anna had been an all-day scrubber. ...
— Half Portions • Edna Ferber


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