scrouge

American  

[skrouj, skrooj] / skraʊdʒ, skrudʒ /

Also scrooge

verb (used with or without object)

scrouged, scrouging

1. to squeeze; crowd.

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scrouge British  

/ skruːdʒ, skraʊdʒ /

verb

1. dialect (tr) to crowd or press

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Etymology

Origin of scrouge

First recorded in 1820–30; blend of obsolete scruze (itself blend of screw and bruise ) and gouge

Example Sentences

It's a tight squeeze sometimes to scrouge between a lie and a truth in business, ain't it?

From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

Then they would scrouge against each other like a couple of country schoolboys, to see who should get ahead.

From The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse by Garland, Hamlin

"You scrouge just like the puppy," was his appreciative comment of her gentle nestling against his little body.

From Rose of Old Harpeth by Daviess, Maria Thompson

I says to Jim and Mr. Castle last week, 'I hain't a aimin' to let you scrouge up and burn up my terbaccer.'

From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Hackley, Sarah Bell

De little chillun would scrouge around wid deir tin cups and dip into de pan for de bean, pea, or turnip pot liquor.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration