scrooch
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of scrooch
1835–45; apparently variant of scrouge, influenced in meaning by crouch
Example Sentences
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Do ye think, Sandy, that ye could scrooch out o' bed an' hump yerself over to them?
From The Primrose Ring by Sawyer, Ruth
“All ye’ve got to do, Patsy, is to be puttin’ your boots beside your chair onct more, an’ them legs will scrooch comfortably into them an’ never haunt ye again.
From Leerie by Sawyer, Ruth
“I don’t believe it,” sez he; “nobody loves to scrooch down flat with their legs under ’em numb as sticks.”
From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta
“Oh,” sez he, “I mean to do it sly; I could scrooch down and pretend to be fixin’ my shues.”
From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta
When they put out a hand to feel her condition she would "scrooch" down her back, or bend this way or that, as if the hand were a branding iron.
From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various
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