Meaning & use
scabs
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Crusts of dried blood and tissue that form over a healing wound.
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The scabs on his knee finally fell off after a week.
Don't pick at your scabs, or the cut will take longer to heal.
A note on using this word
Informally, 'scab' is also used as a disapproving term for a worker who continues working during a strike; that sense is common but derogatory.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A worker who continues to work, or is hired to work, during a labor strike.
The union accused several employees of acting as scabs.
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