Scab

n.

Heard in Dublin, Longford and Sligo

N. someone on the mooch v. the act of mooching adj. scabby.

Thah fucker is an awful scab he wouldnt spend christmas

Posh English

That disagreeable fellow is a dreadful sponger who would not spend a farthing at Christmas.

Same phrase, other counties

• Longford
• Sligo

Related terms

• MoochA lazy person who hangs around doing nothing.
• Ate a scabby babyExtremely hungry, to the point of being willing to eat almost anything.
• I'd ate a scabby babby off a tennis racketExtremely hungry.
• Id suck a scabby baby through a tennis racketExtremely hungry.
• ScabbyMean. Unwilling to contribute according to economic means.
• Scabby babbyAn expression of extreme hunger, even to the point of eating something unpalatable.