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scrob

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To scratch.

dialectal

Examples

“And another expression somebody'd say⟳ was, 'She scrobbed the face⟳ off her.' I think⟳ that's an old English word, 'scrob', to scratch⟳. And it would tear⟳ the skin down. And ferocious language. And they could hold⟳ the bitterness.”
“In Dallas, he scrobbed so hard at his face⟳ that he appeared to tear⟳ the skin, rivulets of blood raising screams of joy from the billies […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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