scrouge
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of scrouge
First recorded in 1820–30; blend of obsolete scruze (itself blend of screw and bruise ) and gouge
Example Sentences
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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.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
He'd have made the young one scrouge himself up dreadful narrow an' wriggle himself free, somehow.
From The Brass Bound Box by Diantha W. Horne
A very long lesson, or any hard or unpleasant task, is usually among students denominated a scrouge.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall
Do anything but squabble for a place, Or push or shove or scrouge, or breathe out loud, Or chew wet, or knead taffy in my beard!—
From The Book of Joyous Children by Will Vawter
Then they would scrouge against each other like a couple of country schoolboys, to see who should get ahead.
From The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse by Hamlin Garland
He was scrouged up in a corner and his legs were trembling.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
‘Father, suppose you set on Highboy’s lap. I believe you be more comfortable than scrouged up here with us and all this furniture.’
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
“Begone!” she chirped, “I don’t want to be scrouged by your crew comin’ in on my land choppin’ down trees and settin’ up them racket-makin’ contrapshuns under my very nose.
From Blue Ridge Country by Erskine Caldwell
He fair screamed at the very sight o' the bread, an' he scrouged hisself up in that corner an' put his hands in front of his face.
From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Arthur Morrison
Not that we are parsimonious, but we prefer to see the pictures without being scrouged.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 8, 1890 by Various
The pig followed it, scrouging under the fence, and squealing intermittently.
From The Corner House Girls at School by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen
Though there were crowds all along the route followed by the wedding party, there was no scrouging, no shoving, no fighting, no disorderly scramble, no unseemly congestion about the chapel where the ceremony took place.
From Europe Revised by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
I could feel myself scrouging as we passed, going with great deliberation.
From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Albert Bigelow Paine
I paid my five dollars, and by pushing and scrouging I finally got my quart.
From "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show by Sam R. Watkins
"It seems to me, ma'am, that it is you who are scrouging me," Ralph replied.
From One of the 28th A Tale of Waterloo by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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