scran
Britishnoun
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slang food; provisions
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dialect bad luck to
Etymology
Origin of scran
C18: of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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"I scran them up so fast," says Ethan in Manchester, who is on his way to a gym session.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
There it is an bad scran to ye.
From The Turn of the Road A Play in Two Scenes and an Epilogue by Rutherford Mayne
The Phaynix Park is all cram-full o' coal that the Castle folks won't allow us to dig, bad scran to them!
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
"Bad scran to you!" is another form seldom used in anger: it is the same as "Hard feeding to you!"
From Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
Musha, bad scran to her, but she had young notions of her own!
From Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
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