scrubeenie

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Meaning · English

substitute

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

While Jason Blake continued his goal-popping ways with a brace in the third, only 19 seconds apart, a clutch of other Leafs proved mettle: Vesa Toskala, so shaky to start, settled down and denied Pittsburgh anything after the 8:34 point of the game; scrubeenie defenceman Luke Schenn recovered from a

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “scrubeenie” mean?

substitute

Is “scrubeenie” formal or informal?

scrubeenie is generally slang.