Scrub

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 462
skrub, v.t. to rub hard, esp. with something rough. vi. to be laborious and penurious,— pr.p. scrubbing, pa.t and pa.p scrubbed — one who works hard and lives meanly anything small or mean a worn-out hi ush low underwood n. Scrubb'er. Low Gcr. schrubben, Dan skrubbe, to rub or scrub; conn with Scrape.
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