scrouge

American  

[skrouj, skrooj] / skraʊdʒ, skrudʒ /

Also scrooge

verb (used with or without object)

scrouged, scrouging

1. to squeeze; crowd.

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scrouge British  

/ skruːdʒ, skraʊdʒ /

verb

1. dialect (tr) to crowd or press

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Etymology

Origin of scrouge

First recorded in 1820–30; blend of obsolete scruze (itself blend of screw and bruise ) and gouge

Example Sentences

"You must take your nose away then," said Joel decidedly, "for I'm going to shut the door if you scrouge so."

From Five Little Peppers and their Friends by Sidney, Margaret

"They'll keep comin' as long as a lean man can scrouge in."

From The Magnetic North by Robins, Elizabeth

"You scrouge just like the puppy," was his appreciative comment of her gentle nestling against his little body.

From Rose of Old Harpeth by Daviess, Maria Thompson

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 Garland, Hamlin

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 Hall, Benjamin Homer