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scrouge
[ skrouj, skrooj ]
verb (used with or without object)
, scrouged, scrouging.
- to squeeze; crowd.
scrouge
/ skruːdʒ; skraʊdʒ /
verb
- dialect.tr to crowd or press
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scrouge1
C18: alteration of C16 scruze to squeeze, perhaps blend of screw + squeeze
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Example Sentences
He'd have made the young one scrouge himself up dreadful narrow an' wriggle himself free, somehow.
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And I thought wed haf to scrouge down over a whisp of fire to-night in the open.
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De little chillun would scrouge around wid deir tin cups and dip into de pan for de bean, pea, or turnip pot liquor.
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Then they would scrouge against each other like a couple of country schoolboys, to see who should get ahead.
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"You scrouge just like the puppy," was his appreciative comment of her gentle nestling against his little body.
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