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A "Scab" in labor parlance is someone who does your job while out on a labor action.
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"Scab" and a few other choice epithets were hurled at the train crew, and when they were ready to pull out the train didn't go.
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-- "Scab" is a contagious and persistent skin disease that affects sheep, and is destructive when not controlled.
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895
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However, it was followed by a fierce clamor of "Scab" and a shower of stones, which did little harm.
The Portion of Labor Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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"Scab," the incrustation over a healing wound or sore, came to English from the Old Norse word skabb, which meant mange or itch.
azcentral.com | news 2010
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Takahashi's first Paris show, entitled "Scab," featured violently deconstructed clothes, ripped to shreds and sewn back together with red thread.
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Takahashi's first Paris show, entitled "Scab," featured violently deconstructed clothes, ripped to shreds and sewn back together with red thread.
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If you were wondering why this arc is titled "Scab", you now know.
IGN Comics 2009
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To mark its 13th anniversary, the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival places an emphasis on gay horror films, including "Scab," "Watch Out" and a shorts program called "Camp Blood."
The Seattle Times 2008
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New horror films in the festival include Jason Davis '"Scab," Steve Balderson's "Watch Out" and the shorts package "Camp Blood."
The Seattle Times 2008
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