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Scrubber   Listen
noun
Scrubber  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush or machine used in scrubbing.
2.
(Gas Manuf.) A gas washer. See under Gas.
3.
(Manufacturing) A device for removing pollutants from a gas stream, especially for removing sulfur oxides from processes burning coal or oil.





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"Scrubber" Quotes from Famous Books



... if kids is frolicsome. Bow-ties is for Sunday wear. Girl's hair needs braidin' every night, an' don't leave chewin' t'baccer around. Kids is sure to eat it. Best give 'em physic every Saturday night, an' bath 'em Sunday mornin'. Don't use no hand scrubber. If you can't git through the dirt by ord'nary washin', best leave it. Kids is tender-skinned anyway. After their bath set 'em out in the sun, an' give 'em an elegant Bible talk. Ther' ain't nothin' like a Bible talk fer kids. It sets 'em wise to religion ...
— The Twins of Suffering Creek • Ridgwell Cullum
... spate on Sacramento. We rode over one of the 'snags' with a shudder, and all our jack-easy Pilot said was, "Guess that'll take some 'f th' barnacles off 'r battum, bettr'r a week's sojerin' with the patent scrubber!" All the same he took very good care that his own ...
— The Brassbounder - A Tale of the Sea • David W. Bone


Words linked to "Scrubber" :   scrub, scrubbing brush, purifier, scrub brush


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