scrubbed
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\ ˈskrə-bəd 
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\Definition of scrubbed
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scrubbed
adjective (2)\ ˈskrəbd \
\Definition of scrubbed (Entry 2 of 2)
: giving the impression of being clean or wholesome as if from scrubbing days when studios manufactured scrubbed public images for their stars— Sally Helgesen
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The first known use of scrubbed was in 1596
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