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
The Phaynix Park is all cramfull 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 Buckley, Robert John
There it is an bad scran to ye.
From The Turn of the Road A Play in Two Scenes and an Epilogue by Mayne, Rutherford
I've seen the glint in her eyes at the sound o' your name, and the red go out of her cheek at word of them dratted yeos, bad scran to them!
From The Northern Iron by Birmingham, George A.
An' wanst or twict in th' month th' dogs'd come yelpin' acrost our little place, with lads follerin' afther in r-red coats; f'r this Dorsey was a gr-reat huntsman, bad scran to his evil face.
From Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War by Dunne, Finley Peter
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