SCAB in a Sentence

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For SCAB, below is one of 3 sentences:
Their hatred for a scab is as terrible as the hatred of a patriot for a traitor, of a Christian for a Judas.

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 Meanings and Examples of SCAB
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scab
 n.  crust discharged from and covering a healing wound; worker who refuses membership in a labor union
Classic Sentence:
1  He had gotten used to being a master of men; and because of the stifling heat and the stench, and the fact that he was a "scab" and knew it and despised himself.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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Example Sentence:
1  Their hatred for a scab is as terrible as the hatred of a patriot for a traitor, of a Christian for a Judas.
2  The mill was started up with scab labor.