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From label + scar, from label (“sign giving information about something to which it is attached”) + scar (“permanent mark resulting from damage”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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From label + scar, from label (“sign giving information about something to which it is attached”) + scar (“permanent mark resulting from damage”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.