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scrooch
or scrootch
[ skrooch ]
verb (used without object)
, Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.
- to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually followed by down, in, or up ).
scrooch
/ skruːtʃ /
verb
- dialect.to scratch (the skin) to relieve itching
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"Page and I feel right scrooch-eyed, but after the first feeding, Dum slept through it all," laughed Dee.
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He kept whispering to the others to be quiet, and to "scrooch" lower, for the Indians are proverbial for their keen sightedness.
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But when the roll-call was taken one of the men was missing--Rifleman Scrooch.
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Betty can scrooch down, and I'll be the father, and put leaves on her, and then I'll be a great Injun and fire at her.
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