scrub game

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), a.
   Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
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         How solitary, how scrub, does this town look!
                                                  --Walpole.
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         No little scrub joint shall come on my board. --Swift.
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   {Scrub game}, a game, as of ball, by unpracticed players.

   {Scrub race}, a race between scrubs, or between untrained
      animals or contestants.
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