scrubby

adj

1. Covered with or consisting of scrub.

   “a scrubby landscape”

2. Inferior in size or quality.

   “scrubby crops”

   “scrubby cattle”

   “This sort of literary slop-work will not suffice for your walking in the roads of life to any good purpose. It is bad work. It is scrubby work.”

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   “The red clay of Oklahoma and the sands of the west Texas desert country produce scrubby crops, oil and football players. For the hardy, lean and tough people who inhabit this country, the crops are a last resort, oil a hopeful dream and football a religion.”

noun

1. (diminutive, form-of)Diminutive of scrubber: a small scrubber for light washing tasks.

   “dish scrubby”

   “shower scrubby”

2. (informal)a loofah.