scrub meaning slang
Henley, Slang & Its Analogues (1903) lists these known meanings of the word: SCRUB subs. (old colloquial).âAny mean, or ill-conditioned person, or thing; as adj. = paltry, mean; also SCRUBBED, and SCRUBBY; SCRUB-RACE = a contest between contemptible animals; after FARQUHAR and The Beaux' Strategem (1707). âB.