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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a scrub" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a person who is messy, untidy, or unkempt in appearance. It can also be used to describe someone who is incompetent or not skilled at a particular task. Example: "He showed up to the job interview looking like a scrub with wrinkled clothes and messy hair."
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Sometimes only a scrub brush will do.
That's why you need to look like a scrub.
She was a licensed practical nurse, not a scrub nurse.
Who is around?" she asks a scrub nurse.
"You want to be a scrub forever, through all eternity?
I sometimes use a scrub by Kiss My Face.
In the waterless karst areas a scrub vegetation prevails.
Brown finally found a scrub nurse in the operating room who was willing to go in.
School and health officials said they did not plan a scrub at other schools.
She lies well up the beach, under a scrub of shade, soft and gray.
Black-headed juncos scratched the ground, and a scrub jay squawked from an upper branch.
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