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"Scabs," broke in Mr. Ryan, once more banging the inoffensive music with his stick.
The Music Master Novelized from the Play Charles Klein 1891
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(The CW) 9 p.m. "CSI: Beverly Hills Deli Counter" (CBS); "Scabs" (NBC); "My So-Called Guild" (ABC); "Are You Smarter Than a Striking Writer Who Doesn't Understand His Best Deal is On the Table Right Now and About to Go Away Forever?"
Ray Richmond: This Is Your Brain On Strike. Any Questions? 2008
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Scabs can remain infectious for decades if kept under the right conditions, but the CDC says that most of those it has found have deteriorated.
'Bizarre Bits' Exhibition Took a Strange Turn When Feds Arrived Betsy McKay 2011
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Scabs—pieces of dessicated skin, white blood cells, virus and other material—were used in the 19th century to vaccinate people against smallpox.
'Bizarre Bits' Exhibition Took a Strange Turn When Feds Arrived Betsy McKay 2011
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Scabs along his neck and under his chin seemed to dance in the harsh fluorescent lighting.
Uniquely Portland 2010
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There's a response here by John Scalzi: Scabs and Peasants.
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Scabs are the lowest of low because they totally undermine the strikers by doing work that the strikers have struck.
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Fred: Someone who spends a lot of money on his bike and clothing but doesn't ride Gutter bunny: Someone who commutes by bicycle Bacon: Scabs on knees, elbows Yard sale: A bad crash that scatters your equipment
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Scabs, the lot of you. (not to all Conservatives because most are decent people, just the Neoclones).
Think Progress » Right Wing Swiftboats Generals Who Called on Rumsfeld to Resign 2006
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MOOS: Down on the picket line, the sign read: "Hey, Huck, Scabs Suck."
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