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Definition of Scrubbier
1. scrubby [adj] - See also: scrubby
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrubbier
Literary usage of Scrubbier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1879)
"... through a thick growth of scrub-oak which grew scrubbier and scrubbier as they
neared the sea, the pedestrians at length reached the foot of the last ..."
2. Ten Personal Studies by Wilfrid Philip Ward (1908)
"For a scrubbier, drearier, more ignoble set of male and female odds and ends were
never, I think, gathered together in closer contact or more glaring ..."
3. Martinque, Guadeloupe, Dominica and St. Lucia Alive! by Lynne M. Sullivan (1999)
"The Caribbean coast is drier than the central mountains or windward east coast,
so temperatures tend to be a bit warmer and vegetation is somewhat scrubbier ..."
4. The Enforcement of International Law Through Municipal Law in the United States by Quincy Wright (1916)
"The hardier, scrubbier types of woodland growth could make their way somewhat
better through this soil than the more characteristic types of timber. ..."
5. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"At Fort Bidwell there is also a scrubbier form called Hog Plum, according to Mrs.
HM Manning, which grows at lower altitudes and has smaller, rougher fruit, ..."
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