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Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old Norse
Origin: skabb

scab

 noun
     
scab [countable]
1MI a hard layer of dried blood that forms over a cut or wound while it is getting better
2BEL an insulting word for someone who works while the other people in the same factory, office etc are on strike
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