scrubblev.
/ˈskrʌb(ə)l/ = scrabble v.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving along with hands and feet or with body prone > move along with hands and feet or with body prone [verb (intransitive)] > scramble
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c1854 E. C. Gaskell Lett. (1966) 274 It will..cost two guineas,..and so I must scrubble up money for that.
1920 D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl vi. 105 Country..now scrubbled all over with mining villages.
1927 J. Elder Thomasina Toddy i. 11 The blanket..comes up and scrubbles on your face, all rough and horrid.
1957 H. Nicolson Let. 26 Dec. (1968) 342 They played God Save the Queen, and all the old English boys scrubbled up on their crutches.
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