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scumballs

scumballs is the plural of scumball.

Meaning of scumball

Noun

scumball (plural scumballs)

  1. (slang) A sleazy, disreputable, or despicable person; a lowlife.
    • "Answer me. How would you feel if I was the one who might get knifed in the gullet by some scumball?"2002, Iris Johansen, Body of Lies, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 158

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Questions about scumballs

What is scumballs the plural of?
Scumballs is the plural of scumball.

Words near scumballs in the dictionary

  1. scumbaggery
  2. scumbagginess
  3. scumbaggy
  4. scumbags
  5. scumball
  6. scumballs
  7. scumber
  8. scumbered
  9. scumbering
  10. scumbers
  11. scumbitch

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